Why does deleted data stay on a HDD once written, waiting to be overwritten, as opposed to being removed when requesting deletion?
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It’s unnecessary to overwrite the data, and doing so wastes time and causes wear on the drive. This is doubly true if the data is encrypted and isn’t readable without a key (like most computers used in business these days).
If someone wanted to overwrite the file, they could.
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