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Originally Posted by rowan
If I was ever planning to enter the US with a laptop I would:
a) wipe the drive (not just delete files... actually zero out every sector. when you delete a file some or all of its contents remain hidden on the HD and can be recovered with enough work)
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Actually.... if the original file resides physically on the drive where there is no other data overwritten, then the file will be completely intact. The File Allocation Table are updated and flagged to "release" that sector on the drive to be written over when you mark a file for deletion. Visibly windows just doesn't display the file, but physically it's still there until you copy something over that sector.
Your right.. just elaborating a bit more.
