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Windows 7 File Shredder
Hi all,
I have a couple of questions about the file shredding program which came with my Windows 7 OS. Firstly is it any good, and secondly if not, what would you recommend using instead, and what makes the difference? My limited understanding of shredding is that when you delete a file only the link to the stored information is actually erased, and the data can be reconstructed, so sensitive legal or financial documents should be shredded, which rewrites over that area of memory on the hard drive with lines of meaningless data until the underlying file is unreconstructable. Given that the shredder that came with Windows 7 seems to work fine and is free, is there any point using a different one? I've seen Eraser mentioned as a good alternative, but if a file is shredded it's shredded, right?
Many thanks.
EDIT - Now that I look it seems the one that comes with the OS is a trial version, so I suppose I'm looking for the best freeware that you can recommend for Win7 in any case. Ta.
Last edited by Titanomachy; 28 Dec 2010 at 10:02.