Even if the functionality is almost the same, use case is totally
different. XDEL with overwriting is intended to reinforce security, making
more difficult to recover deleted content.
As opposite ZEROFILL writes zeros on the free space, making it easier to
compact the volume (and also reinforce the security if trying to recover
deleted files).
El jue, 30 ene 2025 a la(s) 10:23 p.m., Alain Mouette via Freedos-devel (
freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net) escribió:
> Reminder:
>
> XDEL fas an option to erase files with overwriting before erasing...
>
> I ma not sure if this is relevant in this thead, but it's just an
> information
>
> Alain
>
> Em 30/01/2025 07:26, Bitácora de Javier Gutiérrez Chamorro (Guti) via
> Freedos-devel escreveu:
>
> Recently it has been some interest again in ZEROFILL, so I decided to give
> it priority against my other software (FileOptimizer) as well as other
> spare time projects ("Guardatiempo" Youtube Channel, "A contrarreloj Paul
> Davis books", ...).
>
>
> Here it is ZEROFILL 2.00, an updated release after almost 3 years
> including most highly demanded features:
>
>
> - Support extended FAT32 drives with 7305 DOS service if available
> (EDR-DOS, FreeDOS, DOSBox-X).
>
> - Increased speed by generating temporary 1GB files instead of 500MB files
> as in previous version.
>
>
> Information as well as download links available on Sourceforge:
> https://nikkhokkho.sourceforge.io/?page=ZEROFILL
>
>
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