I took a look at the Larry Magid site that Mike provided a link to.  On THAT site there's a link to this one:
http://www.wizard-industries.com/sdel.html

...which offers a free prog, SureDelete, that some of you might like to try.  If it works for you, think about a donation.

I've just downloaded SureDelete but haven't tried it yet.

Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
Arrowtown
New Zealand
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  for those who feel insecure about donating computers with the Hard Drive--You may want to read this article by Larry magid at this link--http://www.pcanswer.com/articles/sjm_drivedump.htm
  mike michel

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