Acronis privacyexpert 2003 User Manual

 

 

Windows 95/98/Me operating systems create registry back-up copies that 
may contain evidence of PC use or Internet activity. 

Registry back-up copies clean-up destroys back-up copies of registry files, i.e. 
not just deleted files, but also corresponding hard disk clusters (sectors) 
using a specified wiping algorithm. 

Under Windows 95/98/Me registry files are system.dat, user.dat, located in 
the C:\WINDOWS folder; under Windows Millenium registry files also feature 
classes.dat. Registry file back-up copies are kept in the 
C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP system folder in archives rb<file number>.cab 
(«rb» means «registry back-up»). 

When Windows boots it creates a back-up copy of the system registry files. 
So user data – last visited pages lists, files or computers search lists, etc. -- 
are stored not only in the registry, but also in its back-up copy. 

If you clean-up the user data stored in the registry with Acronis 
PrivacyExpert and re-boot the PC, Windows will automatically create a back-
up copy without traces of your PC activity. 

If you only clean the registry and power the PC off, the old back-up copy 
will still contain the traces. So to fully maintain confidentiality of your PC 
activity, you must also clean the registry back-up copy. 

Unlike cleaning other components with Acronis PrivacyExpert, the Registry 
back-up copy clean-up deletes not just the registry keys, but the entire back-
up copy of registry files, using a guaranteed data destruction algorithms (see 
1.7 «Data Clean-up Algorithms»). If you also clean the registry using other 
components clean-up, the new back-up copies of registry files will be clean of 
any user activity traces. 

 

All back-up copies of registry files are cleaned under Windows 95/98/Me! 

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