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george75
September 7th, 2008, 07:20 AM
Hi Guys!

I'm looking for a safe, reliable, free utility to download that will wipe the free space on a Windows XP Pro System, so that all the remnants of old files are gone forever. I don't want to format a disk or partition--just make sure that the free space doesn't contains old file remnants. Any ideas?

Thanks.

George75

truthseeker
September 7th, 2008, 07:37 AM
{QUOTE-> Hi Guys!

I'm looking for a safe, reliable, free utility to download that will wipe the free space on a Windows XP Pro System, so that all the remnants of old files are gone forever. I don't want to format a disk or partition--just make sure that the free space doesn't contains old file remnants. Any ideas?

Thanks.

George75 <-QUOTE}

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tlu
September 7th, 2008, 10:37 AM
SDelete (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx) from Microsoft

It also works for XP and Vista although not mentioned.