ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT 2003 User Manual

ACRONIS PRIVACYEXPERT 2003 User Manual Manual pdf 35 page image

3.2.6 Registry Back-upsWindows 95/98/Me operating systems create registry back-up copies thatmay 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 inthe C:\WINDOWS folder; under Windows Millenium registry files also featureclasses.dat. Registry file back-up copies are kept in theC:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP system folder in archives rb 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 AcronisPrivacyExpert 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 copywill still contain the traces. So to fully maintain confidentiality of your PCactivity, you must also clean the registry back-up copy.Unlike cleaning other components with Acronis PrivacyExpert, the Registryback-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 (see1.7 «Data Clean-up Algorithms»). If you also clean the registry using othercomponents clean-up, the new back-up copies of registry files will be clean ofany user activity traces.All back-up copies of registry files are cleaned under Windows 95/98/Me!Acronis PrivacyExpert 35