One Day Sec

Can PowerForensics recover files that were deleted using SDelete?

No, because SDelete overwrites the file's data clusters before deletion, so even if the MFT entry is intact, the recovered content will be overwritten garbage, not the original data. The article Penetration Techniques - File Recovery and Deletion in Windows Systems explicitly tests and confirms this limitation.
SDeletePowerForensicsfile recoveryoverwritinganti-forensics

Browse all Q&A →