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As time goes on and we hear more and more about computer piracy and the dangers that can be encountered when putting valuable information online, you may begin to wonder how safe the information on your hard drive really is. The truth of the matter is that when you delete information off of your hard drive, there is a good chance that it is still there and that it can be removed by people who are determined enough. Whether you are working with sensitive data, or you are looking to enforce better security protocols across the board, you will find that the more thought you put into this important aspect of data protection, the better off your company is going to be.

The first thing that you need to be aware of is that there are many different ways to remove the data from your hard drive or to otherwise render it unreadable, but for the most part, you will find that this involves destroying the discs and plates that hold the information that you have put on there. These discs or plates can be destroyed or you will find that they need to be overwritten, that is, that the information that you have put on needs to be overlaid with other information. In any case, you will find that a very thorough, very exacting job needs to be done before you can be sure that the data has been destroyed.