Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ecsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!ecsvax!communcg From: communcg@ecsvax.UUCP (Cynthia M. King) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: Norton utilities question (actually data security) Message-ID: <1652@ecsvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 01:04:54 EDT Article-I.D.: ecsvax.1652 Posted: Tue Jul 16 01:04:54 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 20:54:10 EDT References: <5507@tekecs.UUCP> <296@timeinc.UUCP>, <297@rti-sel.UUCP> Organization: NC Educational Computing Service Lines: 13 Although I don't know of a specific product for the IBM PC that actually delete the file contents when "deleting" a file, it definitely is possible. An operating system for the TRS-80s (MULTIDOS) has such a command (CDISK) that zeros out the sectors from files that have already been deleted. Actually, you might want to check the PC-DOS manual since I think there is a similar command there (I mainly use TRS, CP/M, and XENIX so I don't have a manual here at home to check for PC-DOS). As I recall, tho, there is a command. Cindy King !ecsvax!communcg