Is there a way to log everything typed into your computer?
I've heard of these things you can get that copy everything that is typed into your computer and log it...like chatting, passwords, notes, whatever...is this true, how do you get them...what are they called..blah blah blah
How to wipe everything off of a Dell Studio 1737?
Hi Roman, I am Shaina from Dell Social Media Outreach team, In order to restore your system to factory default setting you can follow these steps Restart the system and tap F8 Key ( 8 - 10 Times) Step 1 : After getting to system recovery options click on 6th (last) option - 'dell data safe and emergency back-up' and wait for few seconds for next screen. Step 2: On next screen, click on 2nd option – ‘select other system and more options’. Step 3 : On next screen, click on 2nd option – ‘restore my computer’. Step 4 : On next screen highlight the option ‘factory image’ and then click on ‘next’. Step 5 : On next screen click on 2nd option – ‘restore without preserving new and used files’. -- Step 6 : Click on – ‘YES’ PC Restore will get started after this. For further issues or assistance if you need kindly revert us on the same post I Would be more than happy to assist you. We would recommend you do not post your private information on a public forum. Thanks & Regards Dell_Shaina_M Dell Social Media Responder.
How do you erase everything off your computer?
Restoring your computer will only reset it to earlier settings; it will NOT remove any personal data. You do not want to wipe (remove all information from) your computer because that will also remove the operating system and you'll have to reinstall it. If you added programs you want removed, go to the Control Panel and select Remove or add Programs and remove them individually from there. If you want to remove documents or pictures, go to My Computer, select the "C" drive and then delete the contents of the My Docs and My Pictures directories. Look through other directories (music, etc.) and delete whatever you want gone. Go online and in your browser toolbar select Tools, Internet Options, Temporary Internet Files and Delete temp files (then go back and delete cookies, then settings) and then just below that in Internet Options select Clear History. Next run Clean Disk and remove to remove any unneeded remaining files. Then use your Defrag utility. Defrag the hard drive; then Defrag it again. Do it a third time just to be sure. By this time, everything should have been trashed beyond restoration except by a computer forensics person.
Is a strong magnet capable of wiping everything off a computer hard drive?
Depends on a few things.The strength of the magnet.The location of said magnet in relation to your hard drive.If your using a platter based storage device ( HDD ) vs a Solid State storage device ( SSD )If your putting refrigerator magnets on the side of your computer case then the magnet is too weak to effect your HDD. If your putting them on your ( HDD ) then you have a chance of messing stuff up.If you have a Neodymium magnet on your case in near proximity to your HDD then you have a chance of wrecking data. If it is on Your HDD Consider your data Corrupted.As far as cleanly wiping a drive no you will still have fragments of files that may be recoverable.Solid State Drives ( SSD ) are unaffected by Magnetic forces and cannot be wiped or fragmented by magnets.
How can you wipe a hard drive without a computer?
I’m assuming you don’t want to use it anymore, in which case a good old fashioned hammer will do just fine. Magnets will also work fine in theory - but I can guarantee you the hammer will wipe the data off it.If you want to use it again, to the best of my knowledge you’ll need access to a computer of some sort. Assuming your issue is you no longer have a working PC but wish to keep some data and or reuse the drive in the future look into a Hard Drive Enclosure - you’ll need one of the relevant size (3.5″ for full sized HDDs, 2.5″ for SSDs or most laptop drives) but then you just whack your drive in et voila - you now have a portable hard drive! Plug it into a friends PC, download some drive wiping software (I don’t have any specific recommendations but I’m sure google will) and not only is your presumably sensitive data erased for good, you also have a useful portable hard drive! … Err, maybe not so useful as it sounds like you don’t have a PC…
How do I erase EVERYTHING off my Toshiba Laptop?
To do a factory recovery of your system on a Toshiba laptop you need to hold the Zero key down upon initial boot-up. (It must be the zero key above the keyboard, not the numeric keypad) Hold it down until it beeps and this will bring up the recovery partition options. The rest is pretty self-explanatory and will guide you through it. Keep in mind this will delete any software or files that you've created since buying the computer, it restores it to out of the box condition. Edit: If you need further help or information you can email me at gentooptp@yahoo.com I could walk you through getting rid of the virus so that a format is not needed if you wish.
Will Restoring my computer to Factory settings keep everything that WAS there untraceable?
I was told that doing a system restore is like reformatting my computer. I recently had to wipe everything (off of both of my laptops) and completely start over I guess you could say. With certain issues that has come up (that I will not go into detail about) I was wondering if Cops can still find everything that was previously on there? I know there are certain ways to keep things untraceable but I was wondering if that was one of the things. Thanks.
How do i erase everything off of my toshiba laptop without a cd?
Toshiba Laptop Factory Reset Instructions: ===================================== Many Toshiba laptops come with the factory software recovery image stored in a special (hidden) area on the hard disk. From this special hidden image, you can restore your computer to its factory-fresh software condition by following these steps: 1. Make sure the computer is turned off ("Shut-down" from the Windows Start menu) 2. Remove any peripherals such an external mouse, keyboard, monitor, USB flash drive etc. 3. Make sure the AC Adapter is plugged in and working. 4. Press and hold down the 0 (zero) key on the keyboard while powering on the computer. Release it when the recovery warning screen appears. 5. If the recovery process offers a choice of Operating Systems, select the appropriate one for you. 6. A warning screen appears, stating that when the recovery is executed all data will be deleted and rewritten. 7. Click Yes to continue. 8. When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens select "Recovery of Factory Software" or the appropriate option for your needs. 9. Continue to follow the directions restarting as necessary. Please note that the process may vary slightly from machine to machine, that you may be asked to insert disks (multi-disk packages) and that the process may take one to two hours to complete. The recovery process will require you to restart your computer several times. As you use the recovery process you will have several options. One of these may be to create a custom size partition. Follow the directions on screen for this and other options as prompted. When in doubt, it's usually best to accept the default, or pre-selected option. https://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais... How to order Recovery Media for Toshiba: http://forums.toshiba.com/t5/System-Reco... After successfully restoring your computer to factory, I would suggest that you securely wipe the free space to make sure that none of your previous files can no longer be recovered in case the buyer uses a data recovery program. Here's a free program that you can use: http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
How can I delete everything on my PC without formatting it, because I'd like to sell it?
You cannot beat Mike Heroys' answer but there are shortcuts you can take. Shortcuts always result in less security. However, some people don't like you selling them empty systems, which require them to purchase a new copy of Windows and downloading the drivers for every piece of hardware on your system. In the early days of hard-drive wiping, it was suggested that you wipe the drive multiple times (to remove the chance of recovering ghost images of the hard-drive). Now most security advisory services are OK with wiping the drive once. Where it was thought that security could be compromised if you didn't just scrub the drive, it's now believed that one wipe is sufficient by several independent groups.That being said, if you know the person and trust them, or just don't want to leave them without a copy of Windows, you can fill up the free space on your computer with a program such as BleachBit. I would suggest reinstalling Windows first (dong a full reinstall) and then getting Bleachbit. Tick the "Free Disk Space" option under "System". Then click the "Clean" button. Essentially what happens is, your computer has a table of contents for all the files on it. When you delete a file, instead of removing the "chapter" from the "book", it just removes the "chapter" title from the Table of Contents. Unless you need the space for another file, your computer doesn't get rid of the information. With bigger and bigger harddrives coming out every year, you're stuck with more and more space to have to fill up before things actually get removed. If you fill the space with Bleachbit (according to most security firms today), you will be OK.Personally, I still wipe my files multiple times like Mike said. I don't trust people easy.
Will removing a hard drive erase everything?
If you remove the one-and-only hard drive from a regular PC, that is where all the data is located and there will be virtually nothing left. Unless there is a CD in the CD drive or a USB stick round the back.In a techno-thriller novel I have from 1998 (Bad Memory) a clueless thug tries to remove the hard drive from a PC; he removed the floppy drive instead and made it obvious he was trying to hide something.Of course, just removing the drive from a PC will not erase the data on it; it can be easily read on a different PC. But if you are sending the PC to recycling, then removing the drive is a good idea.