[RESOLVED] Scrub Excel file

[dee-u]

What does that mean?

[Mark Gambo]

What does that mean?

Forensically, it means to remove all traces of the file.

School Yardly, I would say it is the smallest File and is always picked last for any team

[Hack]

...it means to remove all traces of the file.

Correct.

[dee-u]

Traces from the computer?

[penagate]

I suppose... you're not storing your Excel files up your nose are you?

[dee-u]

Hmmnnnn... I couldn't fully understand it yet but somehow an Excel file could be uploaded to the Internet hence it will have a trace in the internet, or it might be saved to a floppy hence it will have a trace in that floppy... Anyway, never mind...

[Mark Gambo]

. . . or it might be saved to a floppy hence it will have a trace in that floppy... Anyway, never mind...

This is some of the Forensic software suites I use a work, this and software like it can re-create all sorts of data that the user thought he/she deleted:

Forensic Toolkit

EnCase

Just in case here is a definition of the word TRACE:

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"
make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"
to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"
an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"
hound: pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"
touch: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"
tracing: drawing created by tracing
make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the drak forest"; "The women traced the pasture"
either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"
a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
decipher: read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"
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