Re: kill file permanently

From: Rick Rothstein (rickNOSPAMnews_at_NOSPAMcomcast.net)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 12:30:09 -0500

Actually, I think you should overwrite the file several times, using
different characters each time, before deleting it. The more magnetic
"confusion" you can add to the file's location on the disk, the better.
Apparently, there are sophisticated processes out there that are capable of
recovering original data from underneath simple overwrites.

Rick - MVP

"Randy Birch" <rgb_removethis@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eC5upO2DEHA.2076@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Do just as you state ... open the file, create a buffer of 0's the size of
> the file, write it out, then delete the file. Recovery would return the
> zeroed-out file.
>
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> Randy Birch
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> "KD" <none@none.com> wrote in message
> news:u3FbDL2DEHA.712@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> : Is it possible to kill a file permanently via VB so that it is not
> : recoverable rather than just making the space it located on the HDD
> : available. In other words how can I overwrite that available space
several
> : times so that a deleted file is non-recoverable and lost in the sands of
> : time?
> :
> : Thanks
> :
> : KD
> : Using XP and VB6
> :
> :
>
>

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