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The difference between secure empty and just empty trash?
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<blockquote data-quote="ukdmbfan" data-source="post: 478399" data-attributes="member: 28721"><p>It basically goes to all the space on your hard drive marked as free space (everything that doesn't have a visible file stored on it) and performs the routine mentioned above. Therefore, if you delete files without secure deleting them (as mentioned above) and you want to make sure that they're definitely gone, you can use the "Erase Free Space" option and run the deletion routine over all the space on the hard drive marked as free space. This does take quite a while however.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ukdmbfan, post: 478399, member: 28721"] It basically goes to all the space on your hard drive marked as free space (everything that doesn't have a visible file stored on it) and performs the routine mentioned above. Therefore, if you delete files without secure deleting them (as mentioned above) and you want to make sure that they're definitely gone, you can use the "Erase Free Space" option and run the deletion routine over all the space on the hard drive marked as free space. This does take quite a while however. [/QUOTE]
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