how do I erase saved documents

M

Ms. Tanisha

I would like to know how to erase saved documents on my computer. I need to
know how to erase it complety.
 
G

Graham Mayor

It depends what you mean by 'erase' and what the object of the exercise is.
For most practical purposes deleting the file and emptying the recycle bin
will work, but to avoid forensic discovery you would have to be far more
thorough than that using software that writes over the used space several
times - and even then if it was crucial that the file was removed without
trace, I would want to utterly destroy the hard drive.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP


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Greg Maxey

It depends what you mean by 'erase' and what the object of the exercise is.
For most practical purposes deleting the file and emptying the recycle bin
will work, but to avoid forensic discovery you would have to be far more
thorough than that using software that writes over the used space several
times - and even then if it was crucial that the file was removed without
trace, I would want to utterly destroy the hard drive.

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Graham Mayor -  Word MVP

My web sitewww.gmayor.com
Word MVP web sitehttp://word.mvps.org
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