Re: making files unrecoverable

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 09/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:15:55 +0200

Do you have Windows XP? Can you search for cipher on your hard drive? It
should be in %systemroot%\system32. I have this tool on Windows XP SP1a.

No it will not erase any current data...

Mike

"Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uBL1EpLoEHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> doesn't work Mike,
> I tried that cmd line and itsaid not recognised. where do i get the cipher
> tool from? I thought that it came with sp2
> "Miha Pihler" <mihap-news@atlantis.si> wrote in message
> news:u2pp3oKoEHA.3172@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > Hi,
> >
> > It is a command line tool that comes with Windows XP and Windows 2003.
> > tool help file on /W option:
> >
> > *************************
> > Removes data from available unused disk space on the entire volume. If
> > this
> > option is chosen, all other options are ignored. The directory specified
> > can
> > be anywhere in a local volume. If it is a mount point or points to a
> > directory in another volume, the data on that volume will be removed.
> > *************************
> >
> > Correct syntax to run would be e.g.
> >
> > cipher /w:c:\
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > "Headtheball" <noanswer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uQjRt3JoEHA.1776@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi Brian, is it a freebie and what does it do exactly
> >> "Brian Komar" <bkomar@nospam.identit.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:MPG.1bbb24003d104657989687@msnews.microsoft.com...
> >> > In article <#P5bWpJoEHA.628@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
> >> > noanswer@hotmail.com says...
> >> >> Hi Mike,
> >> >> can you suggest any free disk wipe tools.Do these only wipe deleted
> > data?
> >> > <snip>
> >> > Hi Heath,
> >> >
> >> > If you are running Windows XP, try running cipher /x, it
> >> > is supposed to wipe all unused areas of the disk
> >> >
> >> > Brian
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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