wiping files

wiping files

Oleg Goldshmidt pub at goldshmidt.org
Wed Feb 9 13:18:33 IST 2011


On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Uri Even-Chen <uri at speedy.net> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm looking for a free software to wipe files (permanently delete
> files) on Windows. In the past I used PGP, but I prefer a free
> software. I'm using TrueCrypt, but I didn't find any way to wipe files
> with TrueCrypt. I tried Google but I can't find this software.
>

Hmm... You use Windows. You are looking for tools. You prefer free software.

How come you don't install Cygwin on every Windows box as the first thing
after first boot? ;-)

It comes with shred(1). (I am assuming this is what you mean by "wyping"
files).

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | oleg at goldshmidt.org
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