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Wipe deleted files?

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Wipe deleted files? Ken Zones 12-02-2006
Posted by Ken Zones on December 2, 2006, 10:46 pm
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I thought that after a 'free space' wipe on a hard drive that all the
files that had been deleted would be overwriten.
I used 'Directory Snoop' to view the files before and after a wipe. I could
still see and recover the same files.
The only way I could seem to get rid of the deleted files was to use the
'Purge' function on the D Snoop program.

My question is there any other way to get rid of deleted files besides doing
a D Snoop prurge or using a full disc
wipe? I find it hard to believe that 'Directory Snoop' is the only software
that can find and overwrite deleted files
in a simple manner.

Tx



Posted by Arthur T. on December 3, 2006, 12:11 am
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>I thought that after a 'free space' wipe on a hard drive that all the
>files that had been deleted would be overwriten.
>I used 'Directory Snoop' to view the files before and after a wipe. I could
>still see and recover the same files.

You didn't mention what program you used to do the freespace
wipe, nor what options you used. There are many programs which
will do what you want, some free.

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Arthur T. - ar23hur "at" intergate "dot" com
Looking for a z/OS (IBM mainframe) systems programmer position

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