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I wanted to wipe free disk space of my PC, as I had accidentally deleted confidential data permanently without securely deleting them. So wiping the entire free disk seems to be the only option now.
I know that generally 1 overwrite is eno… Continue reading How many overwrites make a drive undesirable?
Four months ago I lost all my data after an iTunes update automatically restored my phone to factory defaults. I lost all the pictures of my newborn.
I understand that when you do a factory reset the decryption key is discarded so the data… Continue reading Is there any hope of getting my pictures back after an iPhone factory reset some day in the future?
5 All-Important Data Backup Strategies You Need to Work from Home With everything moving online at an unprecedented pace in the wake of COVID-19, working from home has become the new normal. In an office environment, you have access to facilities that … Continue reading Data Backup and Recovery Strategies during Work from Home
My system drive on my dekstop is a Sandisk SSD, with default encryption through Bitlocker not enabled. My PC doesn’t have a TPM.
I want to completely wipe the SSD data in order to make it unrecoverable. I’ve read that the best way to achie… Continue reading Can I completely wipe an SSD using encryption?
I had some files that I want to recover from windows, but I formatted the ssd drive to macos (apfs)? Is there a tool or method to recover those files?
Would my laptop be secure against physical access if I set up a bios password and full disk encryption ?
If not then is there any way to secure your laptop from someone with physical access?
How hard would it be to hack into such a laptop?… Continue reading Is a BIOS password enough to prevent someone from hacking into my laptop if they have physical access?
With old HDD to secure delete a file you need to use Gutmann standard, but with new HDD you can use only 1 pass overwrite
I’m not sure what hard drives mobile phones use and don’t know how many passes will be okay for secure deleting files… Continue reading How to secure file delete/wipe on mobile phones?
The card was a 16gb SanDisk micro SD card (monolithic).
I had to learn it the hard way after making mistakes with my precious savings. I tried Forex, Binary options and Bitcoin investments, well Binary options scammed me of 18K and also lost 42k in bitcoin investment to a bogus group.
Sometimes… Continue reading Is it possible to trace and recover Bitcoin [closed]
I have created a word document on my computer, or any other file. I then take that file and move it to an external device, would that file leave a trace on the computer? Is it recoverable on the computer? If it is, how do I recover it?