Did you know that even if you format a hard disk drive, your data is not necessarily completely erased?
Most of the time, a format just involves deleting the FAT (File Allocation Table) which is basically a table of contents on the hard disk drive, and with the appropriate software, malicious parties can actually scan the hard disk and recover sensitive or private data.
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