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Get Rid of a Computer Virus

Computer virus comes in several forms and they can cause different kind of damage to your computer. Luckily, most of the computer viruses can dealt easily and effectively with the help of anti virus software. In some situations, if you fail to remove the virus using anti virus software, you can format your hard drive to get rid of a computer virus.

But sometimes hard drive formatting also doesn't remove the computer virus and other data completely. If the virus is very powerful, then it can remain in your hard drive even after formatting and can be dangerous. In these situations, you need to wipe out your hard drive in order to completely get rid of a computer virus. You can use Disk Wipe software to do so.

Stellar Disk Wipe is an effective and powerful data wipe software for Windows users. Disk wipe permanently and completely overwrites and wipe out the all the existing data from your hard drive. Once the Stellar Disk Wipe has been used, the data can't be retrieved using any of the data recovery solutions. This software doesn’t require installing on your local hard drive. You need to boot your computer using the software CD. You can use Stellar Disk Wipe to get rid of a computer virus by using these simple steps:

Step 1: Wizard Intro Brief description about Stellar Disk Wipe is given in the introductory page of the wizard. Please review the information carefully and then click Next to proceed.


Step 2: Disk Selection In this phase, the wizard will show all hard drives attached to the system along with its details such as Disk No., Disk Size, Model No. and Serial No. Hard disk(s) appears in the list according to the boot sequence configured in the BIOS.


Step 3: Choose Wipe Method This phase of the wizard will provide you different wiping methods. The algorithms are arranged in such a way that the fastest one with maximum overwrite speed is on the top of the list and the algorithm with maximum number of passes towards the end.


Step 4: Start Wipe The final phase of the wizard will give the summary of what you have chosen. It will show the selected disk and wiping method. Review the summary carefully and click Finish to continue. Incase of any changes, you have an option to click Back and revise as required. Click Cancel, if you want to exit from the wizard.


Step 5: Finish As soon as you click Finish, confirmation message pops up. If you are sure to continue then click Yes to start wiping. When the process is complete, you get a message indicating that Stellar Disk Wipe has successfully wiped the selected hard disk.

Permanent and complete removal of data from hard disk