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If you do not have the os disk and you are giving your computer
away to a trusted friend or relative then you may need to use a
program such as evidence eliminator. This program will help wipe
your computer hard drive from information such as your: banking
information, web surfing and more.
So, you may ask
why is this information still on your computer. Well, all modern
operating systems hold log files for just about everything you
do. and programs like evidence eliminator will help to rind your
pc of theses files.
evidence eliminator is a pretty easy to use program and is now
out in version 6.0. We also did like version 5.0 of evidence
eliminator.
Some people have reported evidence eliminator as a program that
will mess up hard drives. We have found that this is not the
case.
Although the program can be a little hard on drives, we haven't
found any reason that caused them to fail.
evidence eliminator, will clean out things like your recycle bin
and other basic things but where it shines is cleaning out
things like the windows page file and registry.
Although you
can set windows to clean out the page file with a group policy
edit, it is still nice to have in a handy program.
Again if you are not going to low level format your drive then
you will want to use a program such as evidence eliminator.
They even answer some of the questions and tales you may have
heard about evidence eliminator. You can see it right from their
website.
We think why some people think evidence eliminator can wreak havoc on a hard
drive is because of how it secures free space, directory
structures and files on a hard drive. Running this part of the
software is what can kill any left over viruses your computer
may have after you have cleaned it out.
It is good practice to run a Microsoft chkdsk or scandisk before
running evidence eliminator. Overtime your hard drive can
collect errors after programs and other windows crashes.
All in all evidence eliminator is a pretty good piece of
software for protecting your privacy and the price tag is not
too bad.
If you really want to clean out windows of more than just your
temporary internet files then you will need to get evidence
eliminator and add it to your software collection. What it finds
could amaze you.
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