Stuck In The Mud Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 I've cleaned a drive and used the Wipe Free Space option, which says it has wiped the drive correctly. But using Recova, I can still see the filenames and the content is the original, so it's not removing either the data or directory entry from the drive. Am I doing something wrong? Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted May 6, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2009 How large are the files you are seeing with Recuva? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck In The Mud Posted May 6, 2009 Author Share Posted May 6, 2009 Any size, up to 500Mb. The smaller the file the better the chance of it not being overwritten (obviously!) but there is no consistency to what is available. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted May 6, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 6, 2009 Just wondering if these were files held in the MFT, but at 500mb the answer is no. Assuming that the wipe completed successfully (i.e checkboxes all ticked, takes some hours to run) I have no great, or even less than great, ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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