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2. Data erasure - Wikipedia

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   Data erasure (sometimes referred to as data clearing, data wiping, or data destruction) is a software-based method of data sanitization that aims to completely destroy all electronic data residing on a hard disk drive or other digital media by overwriting data onto all sectors of the device in an irreversible process. By overwriting the data on ...

3. Disk Cleanup - Wikipedia

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   In 2018, Microsoft introduced a second cleanup utility 'Storage Sense' in the Settings app with Windows 10 version 1803, but Disk Cleanup remained with Windows. As of 2024, it is not marked as deprecated. [1] Windows 11 introduced "Cleanup recommendations" as an 'easy to use' alternative to Disk Cleanup, replacing Storage Sense. [2]

4. Data remanence - Wikipedia

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   Data remanence is the residual representation of digital data that remains even after attempts have been made to remove or erase the data. This residue may result from data being left intact by a nominal file deletion operation, by reformatting of storage media that does not remove data previously written to the media, or through physical properties of the storage media that allow previously ...

5. View and manage data associated with your account - AOL Help

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   A file containing your data will then start to download to your computer or device. Cancel your download request: 1. Go down to "Download Request In Progress." 2. Click Cancel the download request. 3. Beside the current download request, click Cancel request.

6. What to delete if your smartphone storage is full - AOL

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   Photos tend to be storage hogs, so clear out whatever you don't need. There's no need to part with these photos permanently! Just back them up on the cloud, or plug your phone into your computer ...

7. Computer data storage - Wikipedia

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   Tertiary storage or tertiary memory [7] is a level below secondary storage. Typically, it involves a robotic mechanism which will mount (insert) and dismount removable mass storage media into a storage device according to the system's demands; such data are often copied to secondary storage before use. It is primarily used for archiving rarely ...