TP>  I have a friend in USA who needs to 'clean' up his HD
TP>  as part of nightly maintenance (he uses Windows unfortuneaately),     
TP>  so..... reading your post of how to 'clean' (properley wipe),         
TP>  residual info on delted files, sounds just the ticket.

most defragers have an option to wipe empty space.
if that's already part of his maintenance he just needs to add a switch.
(and upgrade from that cut down symantec one to a decent shareware one)

bye.
                        

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