Re: Program to wipe data from disk free space

[[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alfredo Octavio)]

On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 05:03  PM, Kurt Seifried wrote:

> Like most first attempt wiping programs this one fails miserably. It 
> fails
> to wipe slack space (i.e. 16k data allocations, a 10k file leaves 6k 
> unused,
> a previous file may have used it). It fails to wipe MFT space (small 
> files
> may be stored directly in the MFT). This would leave a TON of 
> evidence. My
> advice: Buy wiping software that actually works. I did some testing, 
> the
> commercial ones don't even fare to well, none of the amateur ones came 
> even
> close to being truly effective.
>
>
> Kurt Seifried, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Could you give more info about what commercial wiping software works 
and which one doesn't. I have used several in the past and I am now 
using PGP to wipe individual files and I would appreciate informed 
opinions and options.
Thanks.
aov

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