Good file deletion software?

[Rusky]

That permanently removes files from the hard disk, writes the sectors with zeros and what not.

 

[Whatsisname]

file by file or whole disk

 

[PTNL]

Disk Eraser

... then melt the hard drive

 

[xaneshx]

If you want to completely wipe it, Dban works great: http://dban.sourceforge.net/
However, if you want a gui based application that will only delete specific files within Windows, CCleaner has the ability to do that. http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/ (Just open CCleaner, then go to options, then hit the settings tab, then on the bottom of the box you will see Secure file deletion with a bubble next to it, select that, and select the number of passes from the drop down list, you can choose from 1,3,7, and 35.) Just put the file in the recycle bin, hit analyze, then run CCleaner.

 

[OldMX]

DBAN for full disk
Eraser for files or folders

 

[PTNL]

DBAN for full disk
Eraser for files or folders

Why not Eraser for full disk? It gives the option to write over the "empty" areas of a hard drive.

 

[OldMX]

Why not Eraser for full disk? It gives the option to write over the "empty" areas of a hard drive.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

everthing explained there

 

[zepper]

The ability to create a dban boot disk exists within Eraser, so Eraser is really all you need. It is an excellent and highly recommended program.

.bh.