zaka100
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While I was reading this thread: Destroying Files by Notepad - Page 2 - Tech & Computer Forums, I came up with an awsome idea! I researched more on this idea by learning how dvd burners work: How Does a DVD Burner Work? | eHow
I have an idea about a special external hdd that you can permanently delete files with NO chance of hackers recovering it! The way it works is like a dvd with the same idea as the reflective dye and the 1's and 0's but, when you delete a file on it, the writer changes the data to just 0's (blank). The problem with this is that if you have been using this drive for a long time, there will be lots of patches of 0's (blanks) on the drive so it will be hard to write on the drive so, I have an idea that whenever you delete/write anything, the special hdd writes to a built-in special memory device which keeps track of where all the empty patches are. But, if there are loads of small patches and there is a big file, the big file will be seperated and wrote in the small patches, at the end of each patch that a part of the big file is written on, there is a reference of where on the disc, the rest of the big file is. The only problem with the whole idea is that it will take a long time to write a file because all the data on the disc is scattered but, at least you know you can delete something and be safe!!!
I have an idea about a special external hdd that you can permanently delete files with NO chance of hackers recovering it! The way it works is like a dvd with the same idea as the reflective dye and the 1's and 0's but, when you delete a file on it, the writer changes the data to just 0's (blank). The problem with this is that if you have been using this drive for a long time, there will be lots of patches of 0's (blanks) on the drive so it will be hard to write on the drive so, I have an idea that whenever you delete/write anything, the special hdd writes to a built-in special memory device which keeps track of where all the empty patches are. But, if there are loads of small patches and there is a big file, the big file will be seperated and wrote in the small patches, at the end of each patch that a part of the big file is written on, there is a reference of where on the disc, the rest of the big file is. The only problem with the whole idea is that it will take a long time to write a file because all the data on the disc is scattered but, at least you know you can delete something and be safe!!!
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