Data recovery has come a long way today. Even formatted drives, partitions, and even non-removable storage devices are no longer safe to be left around. As they possess the danger of getting recovered anytime an unauthorized user wants. The vulnerability can also be reduced by the use of encryption software like BitLocker. Still, you cannot use it all the time since it is exclusive to Windows 10 Professional and Enterprise editions only. So it becomes a necessity to keep the security of the storage and partitions top of the line to protect them.
To enable this kind of protection, we have brought this article where we will show you how to wipe your hard disk and other storage in such a way that the confidential contents cannot be retrieved. So let’s get started.
What is MFT?
MFT stands for Master File Table, and it is an alternative to the NTFS file system that is the conventional file system for hard drive partitions. The work of MFT is to manage logs of the entire document that is accessible through the partition. Further, it also contains date and time stamps, size of the document, and other permissions that were previously masked by the document. It has everything that a recovery software needs to recover lost ones. So when the document is deleted, its entry is marked inside the MFT, which gives all the precise data about the document. Also, the space taken by the Master File Table is marked as free storage, so that no storage is hindered after deleting. Now we will discuss how to make the MFT clean.
How to Wipe Hard Disk and MFT Clean?
As we already know the function of MFT, we also know the risks associated. So we will now discuss methods about how users can clean MFT and prevent the restoration of their ancient documents. Further, doing this will also remove all the MFT tables that will make it impossible to recover anything. We are going to discuss some useful Softwares that will do your work. So let’s get going.