My experience tells me, "Don't trust Windows to delete from Windows." What I mean is that there are secret unwritten files which Windows keeps( and they can change with updates, patches, virii, etc). Plus Gates has been in cahoots with the NSA since the beginning, so even if you get "safe delete" programs, they may just be a cover for a fake delete.

So you need to do it from another Operating System. Boot from a Knoppix cd (or do something similar). You might have to copy the entire Windows file system off of the partition, then write zeros to it with /dev/zero, then put the files back. Even then, you might be inadvertently saving some hidden files.

So what is the best thing to do? Setup your Windows in such a manner, that you can copy off your important files(emails, spreadsheets,etc) to a linux partition, zero out the windows partition, and do a fresh install of Windows, then copy your data back in.

Do it about once a month( or daily if you are paranoid). Or you can just switch to linux. :-)

I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth. flash japh

In reply to Re: OT: in vivo sublimification of a windows machine by zentara
in thread OT: in vivo sublimification of a windows machine by R Pentomino

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