On 7/10/2011 5:26 PM, Mike Powell wrote:
> A friend of mine that is running WinXP has asked me if there is a way to
> permanently delete a file from his system.  He knows he can use Shift-Del
> to make it look deleted, but he is asking how to completely remove files
> from the system so that they can never be recovered (bank info, etc.).
>
> I know of software that will completely wipe-out the entire HD, but I don't
> know of any that do so for individual files.  IIRC, the old Norton Desktop
> (from WfWG 3.11 days) had a "Shredder" icon that supposedly did that.
>
> Is there a method to permanently delete a file, rather than moving it to
> the recycle bin or otherwise leaving some recoverable footprint on the HD?
>
> Mike


Glary Utilities has a mod that should do the trick.

http://www.glarysoft.com/


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