00:00Let's do now these three hidden facts about what actually happens to a deleted file on
00:04your computer.
00:05Fact number one.
00:05Your file is not actually erased.
00:07When you empty the recycle bin, your operating system just leaves a pointer or address to
00:12that file.
00:12It is like ripping the table of contents out of a book.
00:15The pages and the story are still perfectly intact.
00:17Fact number two.
00:18It becomes ghost data.
00:20Because the pointer is gone, your computer now views that physical hard drive space as
00:24available.
00:24The file just sits there in hiding, completely invisible until new data is saved over it.
00:29Fact number three.
00:30Anyone can resurrect it.
00:31Because the raw data has not been destroyed.
00:33Anyone with free data recovery software can easily scan the drive and restore deleted files
00:37back together.
00:38So how do you actually destroy sensitive data forever?
00:40I just dropped a full deep dive video titled what actually happens to a deleted file on
00:45your computer.
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