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Total value this month £ 132 SafeErase 17 Professional It’s tempting to think that deleting a file means it’s gone forever. But in reality, “deleted” data can hang around on your hard disk long after it’s supposedly been wiped. This happens because when you erase a file Windows simply marks it as deleted, rather than actually removing it from your disk. The assumption is that the disk space will be overwritten sooner or later – but until that happens, anyone with rudimentary data recovery tools can dive in and resurrect your deleted data. O&O SafeErase Professional ensures that the items you want to delete really do get wiped. After marking files as deleted, it immediately overwrites their disk space with zeros – or you can use more thorough (and time-consuming) methods, recognised by…

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