Can you restore data from a deleted file that was previously emptied?

[sbrothy]

TL;DR Summary: Does erasing the content of a file before deleting it offer any advantages to making the content unrestorable?

Say you have a large text file on your hard drive that you edit such that its content is fully erased and you save it that way. Then you delete the file. Is the content still on the hard drive?

Usually, deleting a file only deletes the address where the file is on the hard drive and the content of the file can be restored as long as nothing is written over it. But in the case of erasing the content before deleting the file, can the content still be retrieved? If so, would it at least make it a little bit harder to find or would the computer overwrite the erased content faster?

I mentioned the linux command "stress in [URLhttps://www.physicsforums.com/threads/can-you-restore-data-from-a-deleted-file-that-was-previously-emptied.1049857/#post-6879067]this thread

I think you have accidentally linked this very thread

BADBLOCKS in destructive mode will do for old style drives.

DUH! :P