MP>{at}MSGID: 
MP>A friend of mine that is running WinXP has asked me if there is a way to
MP>permanently delete a file from his system.  He knows he can use Shift-Del
MP>to make it look deleted, but he is asking how to completely remove files
MP>from the system so that they can never be recovered (bank info, etc.).

MP>I know of software that will completely wipe-out the entire HD, but I don't
MP>know of any that do so for individual files.  IIRC, the old Norton Desktop
MP>(from WfWG 3.11 days) had a "Shredder" icon that supposedly did that.

MP>Is there a method to permanently delete a file, rather than moving it to
MP>the recycle bin or otherwise leaving some recoverable footprint on the HD?

Mike,

I recently read about that in a Kim Komando Newsletter.

It is about a program called Eraser.

http://www.komando.com/downloads/category.aspx?id=1585

Here is the URL for it.

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

The URL below has instruction for using Eraser on Her web site.

http://www.komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=6473&utm_medium=nl&utm_source=
totd&utm_content=2011-07-01-article-1&utm_campaign=end-b

Watch out for the Word Wrap in the above URL.


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