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Method and system for securely deleting files from a computer storage device

  • US 20080010326A1
  • Filed: 06/15/2006
  • Published: 01/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for securely deleting a file from a storage device of a computer, the method comprising:

  • locating a data structure associated with the file, the file being contained in a set of data storage units on the storage device;

    locating, using information contained in the data structure, the set of data storage units; and

    overwriting with a data pattern at least once each data storage unit in the set of data storage units, the overwriting being performed using direct drive access, the direct drive access bypassing standard file Application Program Interface (API) function calls of an operating system of the computer.

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