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Re: Software to make old files unrecoverable?


de Lou 04/29/2006 02:18



Roan Martin wrote:

> Is there any freeware we can use to make deleted files unrecoverable? We
> have an older PC in excellent condition we want to give to the grandkids.
> We want to make sure if it ever gets in the wrong hands our old business
> files cannot be recovered from the HD. The PC is a W98/not second edition.
>
> TIA

Free, but may be a pain would be to copy something else on top of the files you
want to make unrecoverable.
i.e.

copy anyprogram.exe private.xls

anyprogram.exe (must be a real name) will be laid on top of private.xls
(Both would be real names of course)

Anyone trying to look at private.xls would get complete gibberish since the
contents make no sense for the data type (xls)

BTW you could then safely delete private.xls.

Lou
I eat my peas with honey.
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny.
But it keeps them on my knife.






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