questions about Disk Utility

gharvell · Nov 16, 2012, 09:09 AM

Not really sure where to post this, I hope it is correct..
My question is the following.
I use Outlook and I need to know when I delete an email from TRASH and then use Disk Utility, ERASE and then ERASE FREE SPACE, does it COMPLETELY ERASE THAT EMAIL FOR THE HARD DRIVE so that it is not recoverable...
Thanks in advance

Dave Braine · Nov 16, 2012, 01:12 PM

That's what it says in the Erase pane in Disk Utility. You could also use the Secure Empty Trash option which will overwrite the file.

Nov 16, 2012, 09:09 AM	#1
gharvell macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2011	questions about Disk Utility Not really sure where to post this, I hope it is correct.. My question is the following. I use Outlook and I need to know when I delete an email from TRASH and then use Disk Utility, ERASE and then ERASE FREE SPACE, does it COMPLETELY ERASE THAT EMAIL FOR THE HARD DRIVE so that it is not recoverable... Thanks in advance
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Nov 16, 2012, 01:12 PM	#2
Dave Braine macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Warrington, UK	That's what it says in the Erase pane in Disk Utility. You could also use the Secure Empty Trash option which will overwrite the file. __________________ PPC Mini, 10.4.11, Intel Mini, 10.6.6, White MacBook 10.6.8 iPhone 3GS, using o2 PAYG
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