On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:55:00 +0200 Gunnar Thoele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>>Run that. It will copy itself (or any other convenient data) to the end
>>of a file and continue to do that over and over. Sooner of later it will
>>run out of disk space after having written itself to all of the free
>>space. Now you have to delete DELETE.ME to recover your free disk space.
>>Turn of drive caching and do not use on compressed drives.
>>This is based on an idea from a 1995 or so computer magazine.
That is a good idea, Gunnar. I had also thought that such a scheme was a
quick cheap means of data wipeing. I think for maximum security you would
want the file you are copying to be the exact same size as your HD file
allocation unit, and you would therefore overwrite every byte of your
drive.
>>Gunnar Thole
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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