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Can God Create a Rock So Heavy Even He Can’t Lift It?

Relax, this hasn’t turned into a religious blog, I’m simply drawing a parallel to one of the best data recovery companies out there, Norwegian Ibas. Ibas are experts on recovering lost or hidden data. And it’s amazing how often they succeed. Take a look at this charred wreck of a burnt PC1):

Burned PC 

On this particular PC 100% data was recovered.

What’s this got to do with you, you ask? Or with Gawd, for that matter?

Well, if you have sensitive data that you do not want anyone to find, let alone be able to read then companies like Ibas (or NSA, for that matter) are your worst nightmare. If the data has ever been stored on your computer these guys can probably find it. Pressing “Delete”, formatting the disk or using “fdisk” or similar tools will NOT do the job. If you have data that you want to get rid of, you need something serious.

Hence the God analogy – Ibas know how to treat the data so that they themselves cannot recover it. Enter: ExpertEraser

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