As the title says, I am curious about the difference between shredding and maxing out the space of HD, flash drive, and other storage devices using Windows 7 and above.
When I shred files, of course the files are hopefully unrecoverable or at least mostly. I hear that this is because the empty space keeps traces of the files.
What if I fill up the device to capacity? Would I still need to shred deleted files for extra security even though there is no space or a minute number of bytes left.
For example, a storage device's empty space contains years of trash bin deleted files. Instead of running a long empty space shred on the large capacity device, I'd like to fill it up with large video files and then shred the empty space, which again is extremely small. Then, just delete the video files normally and repeat the process.
Can this help prevent file recovery? I assume that if the device is full to capacity or almost full that the old deleted files would be unrecoverable. Or am I mistaken? Is there some way to recover files even when the empty space has been filled up?
Any clarity would be appreciated!
When I shred files, of course the files are hopefully unrecoverable or at least mostly. I hear that this is because the empty space keeps traces of the files.
What if I fill up the device to capacity? Would I still need to shred deleted files for extra security even though there is no space or a minute number of bytes left.
For example, a storage device's empty space contains years of trash bin deleted files. Instead of running a long empty space shred on the large capacity device, I'd like to fill it up with large video files and then shred the empty space, which again is extremely small. Then, just delete the video files normally and repeat the process.
Can this help prevent file recovery? I assume that if the device is full to capacity or almost full that the old deleted files would be unrecoverable. Or am I mistaken? Is there some way to recover files even when the empty space has been filled up?
Any clarity would be appreciated!