Things can go wrong - particularly if the power fails during an operation. It isn't wise to ever use a utility that acts on a hard disk in this way (repartitioning software is another that comes to mind) unless you have a backup of any important data on the disk. But, as pointed out above, this is a process that can go wrong. The disk can then be disposed of without worrying about sensitive data.Įdit: I understand what you are saying that there should be an option that just lets you wipe unused areas of the disk leaving the rest intact. Programs of this sort will write a number of patterns to every byte on the disk, ensuring that data cannot be recovered.
It is trivial to extract data from a formatted disk. Formatting a disk leaves all the data intact - it just reinitializes a few filesystem structures. Every reference that I found to the program emphasised that it is for use when you are disposing of a disk and do not want your data to be read. I really dont know that much about it sry.Ĭlick to expand.Anyone who is disposing of a hard disk - that's the target audience. (what a crappy program, sry for the word).Īnyways, anyone know of a way to fix a corrupted drive? Not much must be corrupted, prob only like the master file or something. It is clear that the so called program has actually just bugged. Also when klicking on delted folders it says delted folder and on the once i never delted, it just says folder. I checked it a few times that i clicked the right thing etc.Īfter once again using the program and scanning the drive (the other recovery prgrams that i have dont recognize the drive), it actually does say that there is 300gm of used space and 150~ or free (as it should). It clearly says: "Wiping the logical drive's deleted data does not delete existing files and folders". I am pretty sure that the files are still there and should be somehow useable. Who would want a program like that, considering you can just format any drive anyways.īesides, it has wipe and kill, and i certanly used wipe. So you need to use Disk Management to partition it, and format the partition, before Windows will recognize the disk.Īre you seriously suggesting to me that the hdd is now unusable unless i want to delete everything on it? As promised, killdisk completely wipes a disk - partitioning information and everything.
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