Low level format

[jockey0109]

I admit i am not an expert. But I ask you a simple question: when you use internet explorer, browse and then clear your history, can you tell me the additional number of places in Windows that you will have to manually clean to REALLY get rid of the history?

An article on securityfocus said that at least 13 additional places are where your history will be saved. In addition to that I had found some other location in registry where the history was trying hard to remain in the present.

I think eNcase is something worth a watch. please do reserach on the thing.

And I do not know why would one try to completely remove data using any OS which is installed on to the disk. There are enough live OSes (most from the Linux stable) that will just run off the RAM and clean the disk without leaving any hint on the computer itself. The whole idea of using an installed OS for that thing is something I do not understand.


EDIT: In addition to what I have said, i too think that nihil is unable to admit that he was wrong at a point. I am not sure about the enterprise setup and all such things.... I am still a student in a college. but then as far as I know about the virtual memory thing is: Page file and RAM are both a part of the VM systems. If you disable the page file, there is no harm. The fact is that after disabling, followed by a reboot, you can just delete the pagefile just as you would delete any other (hidden+system+secure) file.

I am not here to cross upon you two guys (even though the IE history thing does sound like I am trying to cross off itPro). I am just telling you an idea (which I am actually not sure about, due to the zero experince) is that why not use a Live OS rather than the installed ones. Afterall all you needfor a wipe off are the starting and ending sector nos of the partition.