Monday, November 10, 2008

Shredding entire folders - Monday, Nov. 10, 2008


Kim's Club Shop Listen Columns Cool Sites Tips Buying Guide Video of the Day

Monday, Nov. 10, 2008


Your e-mail address will never be sold to anyone, ever. I promise!




  Kitchen Animal Hot Pads






  Salt and Pepper Shaker Set




Support this free newsletter—please visit our advertisers

PAID ADVERTISEMENT

IT'S AS SECURE AS
ONLINE BANKING.
"Brought to you by Citrix, GoToMyPC is the easiest, most secure and reliable way to access your PC from anywhere." —Kim Komando

  • AES 128-bit encryption
  • Dual and one-time passwords
  • Firewall friendly
Try GoToMyPC FREE for 45 Days!
KOMANDO ESTORE FEATURED ITEM




• Keep valuables safe
• Great for pictures, cash,
   certificates and more!
ORDER YOURS NOW!


Shredding entire folders

QI want to donate a PC to my church school. I'm worried about my data, though. It seems that most file-shredding programs only shred individual files. This takes too long! I need a program that handles folders. And I don't want to overwrite the entire hard drive. Any suggestions? Someone suggested Lavasoft. The freeware on your site appears only to work with files. Is this true?
—Bob in Bluffton, SC, listening on WBMQ 630 AM

AI'm happy to hear that you're donating your old computer. Old machines certainly don't belong in the landfill. They contain toxic elements that can leach into the ground. Besides, I'm sure your school could really use the computer.

Of course, you need to worry about the data on the machine. That's true no matter what you do with an old computer.

Simply deleting files is not enough. The data isn't actually removed from the machine. It can be recovered with inexpensive software. To learn why, check out my enlightening tip. It's written with photos in mind. But it applies to any data on your hard drive.

To protect your data, you need to overwrite the files several times. That's where file-shredding programs come into play. These programs write over your files with empty data. That makes the files irrecoverable.

It is best for you to overwrite the entire hard drive. That way, you're sure not to miss anything. You could have files hidden all over your hard drive.

Overwriting the entire hard drive certainly is more time consuming, though. And, after the data is erased, you'll need to reinstall Windows. That is, if you're donating the machine.

How do you pick and choose folders to be overwritten? Click here!

No More Messy Multiple Power Cords: One Source Charges Them All!


Every day, Team Komando produces some of the best content you'll find anywhere on the Internet. Here is a sampling of what's new on our site today!

Video of the Day: Winter is coming! Is your home prepared for the season? If not, you better get to work. Here are some tips to help.

Cool Site of the Day: Geotagging photos gives them a real physical location. You can combine tagged photos and Google Maps.

Digital Minute, on your radio: Today's computers are fast. But when will they be like computers in Sci-Fi movies? Sooner than you may think!

Free Download of the Day: A lot goes on in the background of your computer. Ever want to know what it all is? This program will show you.

Tip on the site: When moving files to a new computer, don't forget your bookmarks. These can be difficult to transfer. I'll show you how.


Tomorrow's Tip, in your e-mail: Taming a huge file

Kim :)


Keep Your Cell Phone & MP3 Players Free of Clutter!

• Don't let electronics dangle on the floor
• Each order contains 2 caddies
• Available in red and black
• Save room and keep organized
GET YOURS NOW!



Other Items of Interest
All-In-One Emergency Radio
Charge all of Your Gear at Once





No comments:

Post a Comment

Thanks for understanding that we need to prevent the nasties.

Terms of Use

Personal & Educational Use Only This blog consists mainly of FREE newsletters from computer web gurus that I receive. I thought you might like to see them all in one place than try to discover them on your own. A moderate amount of editing may be done to eliminate unrelated repetitious ads or unnecessary text which bloat the post. However I have given the authors full credit and will not remove their site links because you deserve to see where it comes from and they deserve to get credit for what they have written. Your use of this site is simply for educational purposes. For more computer-related help go to: CPEDLEY.COM for free software, advice and tips on low cost products which are very helpful. If you want to contact the editor, please go CPEDLEY.COM and check the Contact page for email address.