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Originally Posted by HarryT
Shaggy,
It is having been an IT professional for more years than I care to remember that makes me all too painfully aware of just how damned hard it really is to "delete" information from a hard disk. If you think that it is "trivial", then I most respectfully invite you to do a little more research into the subject. You will find that it is distinctly non-trivial, I assure you.
I work for a company which routinely deals with highly confidential information, and believe me, "clicking the delete button" doesn't cut it if you actually want to wipe the data.
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As I've said. Whether or not it's possible to recover the data off of the hard drive is irrelevant. Delete the file and click on "Empty trash can". Is it possible to recover the bits off of the physical platters in the drive. Yeah, probably. Just don't do that.
You are still hung up on HOW, but the HOW doesn't matter. It is absolutely possible to get rid of a file. How you do it and to what lengths you are required to do it are irrelevant. You're discussing the procedure that would be required to sell an eBook, not whether you can sell it.