Can files erased by CleanWin be undeleted?
A. CleanWin overwrites every file to be erased with a pattern of 1s and then hex 0xFFs before deleting it. This makes recovery very difficult without sophisticated data recovery analysis. Standard undelete tools and even surface scanners will generally fail to recover your “evidence” once it is “terminated” by ET. It is solely your responsibility to review your scripts before cleaning for the first time to be sure that any files that you want to keep are not listed to be deleted for this reason. Do not use this software in environments where guaranteed data destruction is required. A hard drive is an imperfect mechanical device, thus Hard drives can never be completely wiped unless physically destroyed.
