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Permanently erasing free space
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:52 pm
by DTS
Permanently erasing free space
Is there a freeware program that can permanently erase all the free space on my hard drive? I deleted some stuff I don't want recoverable with file recovery software.
Something that writes 1s or 0s or something over the free space on the hard drive, you know, like Norton Wipeinfo.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:54 pm
by Foo
'Eraser51'
Double it up with a sweep using CCleaner, scandisk and then disk defragmentor and then do a 1 or 3-pass wipe on free space.
With Eraser you just right click on your C drive select 'wipe free space' and set it up to do its thing.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 5:02 pm
by DTS
All I can find for Eraser51 is a nickname of someone on some forums.
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 5:04 pm
by Foo
hah sorry, 52
Posted: Sat May 12, 2007 5:06 pm
by DTS
I found 53 before you posted that, added 'software' to the search
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 12:11 am
by DTS
Thanks, Foo.
I found the site for that Eraser program.
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
The number is actually the version number, without the decimal place. The current version is 5.6, I got that one.
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 2:59 pm
by ilumos
eraser is a very good piece of software, lets you erase a particular file with just a right click.
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:22 pm
by DTS
ilumos wrote:eraser is a very good piece of software, lets you erase a particular file with just a right click.
That's handy. Thanks for telling me that.