Hi Rupert, Nitpicker Rick here!! Cast your eyes over this my little bear:
http://www.recovermyfiles.com/ For a mere 70 dollars you too could be a criminal ;-)) NPR "Rupert Bear" wrote: > > Ah ... tis Rick the piano player and part time nitpicker ;-) Well for the sake of nitpickery, > Magillakim did not say the data on the hard drive was of an extremely sensitive nature and that > under no circumstances must it be retrieved, in which case my reply would have been to remove the > hard drive and smash it with a hammer then throw the pieces into a furnace better known as RPDDP > (Rupert's Permanent Data Deletion Process). > > As you rightly say, data can be retrieved "if you know how" AND "if you have the right software". > There are two points here, the person with the expertise or "know how" will not come cheap and > neither will the data recovery software. Secondly, is the motivation for using such expertise > justifiable i.e. is the data of such a sensitive nature that it is worth all the time and trouble > retrieving it or is the person that buys the laptop so interested in Magillakim's friend that he/ > she is willing to pay a substantial fee in order to have the data recovered? To be *realistic* I > think not, because otherwise Magillakim's friend would not be considering selling the laptop, he/ > she would destroy it. IMHO, even determined phishers would not waste time and money buying a laptop > in the hope of recovering one persons personal data. > > If you can write a program to erase data you can write one to restore it, in short, re-formatting is > the easiest and most *cost effective* way of deleting the data, if you are going to buy software to > write 1 & 0's to the hd you may as well spend money on a new hd and I have also read somewhere that > the data is still recoverable even if the drive has been overwritten with 1 & 0, in which case it > has to be the ultimate solution ... use RPDDP on the old one. > > Rupert ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. Stop slavery. http://us.click.yahoo.com/.QUssC/izNLAA/TtwFAA/67folB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
