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Hello soewhaty,
I'm afraid for that, you'll need to use the Recycle Bin instead.
Recycle Bin - Permanently Delete Items Automatically
Permanently Delete - Add to Context Menu
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New #81
Wait a minute. I got even more confused now. I know full well that deleting a file with Shift+delete deletes the file without placing it in the recycle bin. But I thought that Shift+delete only deletes a file in a way that the file is only marked as ... let's call it 'hidden' (deleted) for the Operating System so that the Operating System itself does not display the file any longer, but the file is still there .. on the drive ... hiding, until the moment another file overwrites it [takes its place] and at that point the initial file is gone for good. I've deleted tons of files by mistake with shift+del and immediately after the mistake [without moving, copying or deleting and further data on the drive] have used 3rd party tools so as to undeleted/restore the initially shift+deleted file. It has always worked. And so .. i thought the whole point of this thread was that adding this context menu to the right-click deletes the file directly and FOREVER, without giving you the possibility to restore the file with any 3rd party tool. IS THAT CORRECT OR NOT? I though it was. That was my knowledge and understanding until I read this and got confused:
Hello soewhaty,
I'm afraid for that, you'll need to use the Recycle Bin instead.
Recycle Bin - Permanently Delete Items Automatically
Brink, when I read your comment and the link to the other forum I got confused. Is all I wrote in the first paragraph of this comment of mine correct and especially the part on what adding the right-click context menu does?
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New #82
This tutorial doesn't use the same method that Windows uses to bypass the Recycle Bin to permanently delete files.
Instead, Option One uses a 3rd party program to permanently delete with an option to secure erase. Secure erase is what will prevent recovery. Option Two uses a script to permanently delete a file.
The only drawback is the issue of these options is when you permanently delete a shortcut, it will delete it's target (source) file. That's why I suggested to use the Recycle Bin option I posted above for when you want to only permanently delete a shortcut and not it's target.
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Alright, well ... how about this strategy then - I am planning on using option 1 which includes Secure Erase, and when it comes to shortcuts I will not delete them with the right-click context menu add-on [from this forum] but instead will Shift+delete them, which as far as I see deletes ONLY the shortcut and not the source file [obviously shift-deleting a shortcut does NOT perform a secure erase of the shortcut itself, but I can live with that]. With this strategy I can Secure Erase all desired data by using the right-click menu, and in the same time make sure I only delete shortcuts and not their targets by shift-deleting them. Do you approve of that?
Could you please tell me quickly what the benefits are of deleting unneeded files with Secure Erase? Clearly, as we said, Secure Eelete deletes a file beyond recovery. But is it better performance-wise to do a secure erase of unneeded files so as to eliminate clutter on my SSD or does it not matter whether a file is deleted with Secure Erase or simply with Shift+Del?
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New #84
That strategy should work well for what you wanted.
There's no other benefit for using secure erase other than to make it less than likely to be able recover the file.
Deleting with Shift+Del will only mark the file as deleted, does not secure erase it, and doesn't put it in the Recycle Bin. If something should write over the space the marked deleted file is using (ex: new file saved there), then it will not be able to be recovered.
As far as it mattering, it just depends on if you needed the file to be secured erase or not.
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So ... no other benefits of doing a secure erase then. One would only Secure Erase a file so as to make sure that for example an intruder for example would never be able to recover a file and thereby disclose its content ... so it's a safety measure in a way.
I thought it was actually healthy for an hdd or ssd to do a secure erase of files instead of just shift+deleting them. Тhought Secure Erase eliminates some clutter and/or makes the drive read/write faster, but if I understand you correct that is not the case.
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New #86
Nope, that's not the case.
Windows version of permanently delete is to just not have the file go into the Recycle Bin. Otherwise, it's the same only mark the file as deleted on the drive so that it's space can be used to write data to again.
Secure erase will mark the file as deleted, but it also overwrites the data on the drive. Each time it overwrites the data is called a pass. The more passes the less likely the data can be recovered. This is the main reason why secure erase takes much longer than a simple delete. For example, a quick format versus a full format.
Defragging a HDD as needed will help keep it healthy though.
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Please tell us what the behavior of that method is when it comes to deleting shortcuts? Or, for that matter, junctions and file symlinks?
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Hello apb,
It will only permanently delete the actual selected file(s). If you select to delete a shortcut, it will only delete the shortcut and not the target. Same with junction points and symbolic links. :)
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