Draft | Approver: psycore
Securely overwrite files that have already been deleted
Deleted files can be securely overwritten as follows to prevent them from being restored:
- Enter Win+R to start the Run dialogue
- Enter cmd and press ENTER
- The command prompt appears
- To securely delete files on the C: drive, the command must be entered as follows:
cipher /W:C:\
The programme takes quite a long time to run, but it is thorough. Running the programme once is enough to securely delete files.