Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!amr From: amr@rti-sel.UUCP (Alan Roberts) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Norton utilities question (actually data security) Message-ID: <297@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 14:40:06 EDT Article-I.D.: rti-sel.297 Posted: Mon Jul 15 14:40:06 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:52:39 EDT References: <5507@tekecs.UUCP> <296@timeinc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 29 The current discussion of "undeleting" files on a PC reminds me of a question I had some time ago: Is there any command (preferred), or software modification which will make the PC perform a "data security erase" on files when they are deleted? Any sort of overwrite of the file's data with some worthless pattern would do. I realize that this would have a significant impact on performance, especially when operating from floppies, but I suspect that many would consider it useful. I for one would want to know that old copies of spreadsheets containing my financial were actually "gone" when deleted, and I would guess that many businesses would want to ensure that sensitive data was actually unreadable, possibly without bulk erasing or reformatting the entire disk. Any "known" ways to do this? Cheers, Alan Roberts Research Triangle Institute (decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!amr) -- Cheers, Alan Roberts Research Triangle Institute (decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!amr)