To overwrite the deleted data at your PC on a volume by using Cipher.exe, use the /switch with the cipher command:
cipher /w: C
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cipher.exe |
Step-1
First of all quit all programs whatever running.
Step-2
Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
In windows 8.1 "Windows Key" + R works just as easy
as it does in windows 7 and CMD is a lot shorter to type than Command Prompt.
Step-3
Type cipher /w: folder
then press ENTER, where folder is any folder in the volume
that you want to clean.
If your data is on a different drive such as a partition
labeled D:\ simply substitute C for the correct drive
letter. For most people, however, C will be the right choice.
Windows will also advise you to close as many running programs
as you can, This will help the window to do a better cleaning up process.
Warning:
Just remember, don't do this on SSD's regularly. SSD's
have limited read/write ability. If you erase them, you will shorten
their lifetime.