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To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (570)	10/30/1998 9:02:00 PM
From: Stitch	Respond to of 110651

Cheeky, If it is really super sensitive data then the software available from www.stratfor.com is the way to go IMO. But this is for govt' agencies and corp. concerns I suspect. Best, Stitch

To: Cheeky Kid who wrote (570)	10/30/1998 9:50:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110651

As I said, there may be a DOS way to wipe the data, but formatting by itself does not. I don't know what /u does. Formatting writes the file system structure and the sector headers, but doesn't necessarily disturb the data. Fast format writes only the file system structure and assumes the sector headers are ok. I would still recommend that the most reliable way to find out is to call the drive maker tech support. They usually have destructive disk checks which write data everywhere then read it back. Norton and similar disk checks only read data mucho times; they don't dare write over your stuff. This is NOT the wipes, just the checks. Some wipes just wipe files, though, not disks, so if a file has been moved, the free clusters it left behind may still have the old data. Ah, 'tis a sad world we live in, laddy, OI'll be bound. Spots