How to delete files permanently

You can delete a file either by pressing DELETE button and then empty the recycle bin some other day or you may do SHIFT+DELETE to delete it permanently but to your surprise its not permanently deleted .Here is why

"When you delete files or folders, the data is not initially removed from the hard disk. Instead, the space on the disk that was occupied by the deleted data is "deallocated." After it is deallocated, the space is available for use when new data is written to the disk. Until the space is overwritten, it is possible to recover the deleted data by using a low-level disk editor or data-recovery software."

Before the file is overwritten, anyone can easily retrieve it with a disk maintenance or an undelete utility.

  Read more:   How to undelete and recover your deleted files

To permanently erase files and prevent your confidential files from getting into wrong hands, Microsoft offers a free command line utility – SDelete (Secure Delete) – that overwrites all the free space to prevent data recovery. But if you are not comfortable with command line utility, there is an other very easy and free program called eraser. It completely removes sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns.

Some of the features of Eraser are:

1. It works with Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows Server 2003 (with Service Pack 2), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 
2. It works with any drive that works with Windows
3. Secure drive erasure methods are supported out of the box
4. Erases files, folders and their previously deleted counterparts
5. Works with an extremely customisable Scheduler

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[Solved]Cannot delete file: Access is denied

Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

Want to Delete a file (or folder) but unable to do so because the “file is in use”. The solution is very simple, just use Unlocker to end all the locking processes. There are many similar utilities also but unlocker is much powerful than others because it can Close/Kill process, Unload DLL, Delete index.dat, Delete Rename/Move, supports both Command Line / GUI and is Free.

Click here to Download this simple utility.
After installing, Simply right click the folder or file that you are trying to delete and then select Unlocker

 If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear

Simply click Unlock All and you are done!

Hope you liked this little tweak. Do post your queries in the comment box below.