Windows does not physically remove deleted files from
your hard disk. Emptying your Recycle Bin does NOT
protect you at all. Your sensitive files can be
recovered, even after you format your hard disk! When
you delete a file from Windows, Windows just mark the
file as deleted in file allocation table, but the data
of the file is still on your hard disk, there are many
tools available which can let others easily recover
your sensitive files even after you have formated the
hard disk.
Sensitive data can easily fall into the wrong hands.
And because Windows is not capable of deleting
information beyond recovery, you are at risk!
Passwords, financial documents, even those "about last
night" e-mails are fair game for the IT professionals,
computer technicians or hackers. CHAOS Shredder allows
you to purge, wipe and erase data with methods that
far exceed US Department of Defense standards for file
deletion (DOD 5220.22).

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