Erase all unused space on hard drive

[Guest]

Is there a utility that will erase (0 out) all unused space
on a hard drive using XP and the NTFS files system?
Preferabley a free one.......
Thanks.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

This is free.

Restoration Version 2.5.14 Author: Brian Kato
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

Description
[[Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while
holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely, this program has another
function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You
can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and
so on.]]

[[Complete deletion
Erase all vacant clusters by overwriting with random numbers and then with
zeros. After that, erase all deleted file information(FAT partition)/file
records(NTFS partition) by using random numbers and zeros.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Charles C. Drew]

There's another program designed to do this as well (free too). It is called Eraser and you can find it at...

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
This is free.

Restoration Version 2.5.14 Author: Brian Kato
http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html

Description
[[Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while
holding down the Shift key by mistake. Conversely, this program has another
function that makes it almost impossible to restore all deleted files. You
can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files and
so on.]]

[[Complete deletion
Erase all vacant clusters by overwriting with random numbers and then with
zeros. After that, erase all deleted file information(FAT partition)/file
records(NTFS partition) by using random numbers and zeros.]]

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In