Secure data file erasure

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G06F 12/14 (2006.01) G06F 3/06 (2006.01) G06F 21/00 (2006.01) G11B 5/024 (2006.01) G11B 5/09 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2388117

A process that ensures the destruction of data files a user wishes to completely erase from a storage medium, such as a hard drive or removable disk. A system administrator can select a quantity of and pattern to be used in overwrites of the data file so that no one can recover the data from the storage medium. In embodiments, a graphical user interface (GUI) can be provided to allow user triggering of and parameter setting for the process. The GUI can be implemented at a device in which the storage medium is a component or can be implemented in a device driver GUI on a personal computer in communication with the device.

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