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I am not sure what you want to know. Software is stored in files, just like data.

The operating system has a delete or erase command that will delete the file you name to delete. What it actually does is to remove the file name from the directory and free up the space it used for future use. The file is not actually deleted until it is over-written by something else. To really delete files, you can re-format the disk.

Disks can be damaged by outside forces such as magnets or heat and the magnetic charges that form the data can leak off so the file becomes effectively lost. Even time will eventually destroy the contents of a dsk.

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