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
 


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