Recover sensitive data with avast data shredder

Recover sensitive data with Avast Data Shredder

Avast has always come up with the new features to stand amongst its competitors. Data Shredder is a feature which allows the user to remove or erase the hard drive or individual files with sensitive data (like licensed data, user data etc.) so that there is no way or alternative to regain the data.

This is actually helpful when the user is selling their computer system or hard drives.

When the user formats a hard drive or deletes a file by using standard tools then only a reference to its data is removed from system allocation tables and the file's clusters are marked as unprocessed. But there will be no actual deleting or removal is performed until and unless another file overwrites the space on the disk where the original file stayed. There are functions which help in tracing and restoring deleted files, therefore it is suggested that the user should not delete files containing sensitive information in a regular way. So the best idea is to overwrite such hard drive or the file with useless or meaningless data before removing it, which is exactly what Data Shredder does.

So, if the user has already deleted sensitive information with standard tools, Data Shredder can still recover the file by cleaning disk free space.

How to shred files:

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From the drop down menu in the top right corner, select Shred fi les.

Click Browse from the center of the screen and use the check boxes to select fi les to shred from the directory. The user can also select single fi les by maximizing the folder or select the entire folder.

From top right corner click Shred and then Yes.

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Click Ok after confi rmation message.

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How to shred a whole partition: This choice can actually destroy all the information currently and previously stored on a partition.

From the drop down menu in the top right corner, select Shred Whole partition.

2. Select partition from the drop down menu in the center of screen 3. From top right corner click Shred and then Yes. 4. Click Ok after confirmation message.

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How to clean free disk space: This procedure makes the data and information from previously deleted files unrecoverable.

From top right corner select Clean free space on a disk from the drop-down menu.

2. Select the disk from the drop-down menu.

3. In the top right corner click Clean and then confirm with Yes. 4. Click OK after confirmation.

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Customize the shredding method: The user can select shredding method for any of the operations through: Go to Settings> Tools> Data Shredder> Customize A Few Words from Avast Technical Support

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