----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeannette & John Sowders"
> Does anyone remember a free program , with an icon of sticks of
> dynamite and the detonator box , that one could clean the data from a
> floppy ? Think it was in 1998 or 1999 .
clipped
> I know you can go to Windows Explorer and format it there , but this
> program is almost instant.
FWIW: Anything that "says" it is doing a good cleaning, and works
"almost instant", is not doing what it says...
To clean, the info has to be overwritten at least several times, and that
should take MUCH longer than when Windows does a format...
I would not bother looking for that program.
A quick search found the following:
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/download.php
(Disclaimer: Be sure you do NOT erase your hard drive by mistake.)
Rick Glazier
--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/380 - Release Date: 6/30/2006
"Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware
programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column.
http://freepctech.com/rode
|