Good windows 7 file shredder

Terrym

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Does anyone know a proven file shredding program that works on Windows 7?? When I was on XP I used Cyberscrub and it was a great program, but they have not released a version for Windows 7. Not sure what their problem is.
 

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Intel i7 920
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ASUS P6T
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I haven't used this very much but it does work on Windows 7, Here you go,
File Shredder
 

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auria eq2367
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SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
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OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Thanks.
 

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System Built by me
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Winows 7 Pro, 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 920
Motherboard
ASUS P6T
Memory
12 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nividia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card
Mother board
Monitor(s) Displays
HP vf 17
Hard Drives
1- 300 GB Western Digital raptor 10,000 rpm
2- 640 GB WD
1- 500 GB WD
Internet Speed
12 MB Cable
You're Welcome.
 

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Self Built
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Win 10 Pro x64
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Intel I5-2500K @3.3GHz
Motherboard
Asrock P67 Extreme4
Memory
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws X (4x4GB)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce 750 Ti SC 2GB
Sound Card
ASUS Xonar DG 5.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound
Monitor(s) Displays
auria eq2367
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
250GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
1TB WD Blue
1TB Hitachi
PSU
SeaSonic X 650W 80 Plus Gold
Case
Corsair Obsidian 750D
Cooling
Corsair H60, Three 140mm case fans
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Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520
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Logitech Wireless Mouse M310
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Wave Broadband ~ 100 dn 5 up
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Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Premium
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Edge, IE11, Chrome
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Laptop specs: HP g7-1365dx /
CPU: AMD A6-3420M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics /
RAM: Crucial 8Gb (2x4Gb) /
SSD: Crucial M4-CT128M4SSD2 ATA Device/ FW 000F /
GFX: AMD Radeon HD 6520G /
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
Does anyone know a proven file shredding program that works on Windows 7?? When I was on XP I used Cyberscrub and it was a great program, but they have not released a version for Windows 7. Not sure what their problem is.


Here is another shredder choice.
I like Eraser becasue it is free and it had the full spectrum of delete catagories for you to choose. I personally select the DOD 7 Pass one for removing critical data files.
Use Version 5.8.8
Eraser :: Downloads
 

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Windows 10 Pro
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Intel i5
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I have a fatherboard
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I'm old and lost a few chips
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Yup
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Yup
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Samsung 32" UHD
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3840 x 2160
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Samsung 860 EVO drives
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450 Watt and some fans that blow
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Small tower
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Yes I am cool. lol
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Who needs a keyboard?
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Logitech Laser G7 wireless
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Zippy fast UP and DOWN
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I got a shot
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The new Improved EDGE 2020
Thanks, I will take a look at Eraser
 

My Computer

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System Built by me
OS
Winows 7 Pro, 64 bit
CPU
Intel i7 920
Motherboard
ASUS P6T
Memory
12 GB
Graphics Card(s)
Nividia GeForce 9800 GT
Sound Card
Mother board
Monitor(s) Displays
HP vf 17
Hard Drives
1- 300 GB Western Digital raptor 10,000 rpm
2- 640 GB WD
1- 500 GB WD
Internet Speed
12 MB Cable
I use Eraser and it works great on Win 7 and does the job well :)


Steve
 

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Intel Core i7 930 2.80Ghz Bloomfield Socket LGA 1366
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 Socket 1366 DDR3
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Patriot Viper 6GB 3x2GB DDR3 PC3-1200C9 1600Mhz Tri Channel
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Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI Express
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Realtek ALC889 @ Intel 82801JB ICH10 - High Definition Audio
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Samsung SyncMaster 920N 19"
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1280*1024
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1 x OCZ Vertex2 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64 MB Cache
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Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi
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Antec 902 Ultimate Gaming Case Black
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Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler Socket 775/1156/1366
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Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard
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Microsoft Optical USB
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ADSL24 FTTC 34.2 Mbps Down 7.1Mbps Up
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OcUK 22x DVDSATA ReWriter Black
Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan
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Scanner Canon Canoscan 8000F
There are so many tool available which lets you delete data permanently so that no one is able to recover it even with the use of data recovery tools. I have used this tool named as Kernel File Shredder which works on idea of overwriting the contents of file many a times making the data unrecoverable.
 

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PC/Desktop
OS
Windows
I vote Eraser too, and as well, use the DoD 7 pass option.
 

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PC/Desktop
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HP Pavillion Elite HPE-590t
OS
Win7 Home Premium x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 Extreme 990X @ 3.47GHz x6
Motherboard
PEGATRON CORPORATION 2A86
Memory
16GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GeForce GTX460
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 2443ewx
Screen Resolution
1920x1200
Hard Drives
160 GB SSD @ 2 TB 7200 Internal
750 GB HP, 2 TB WD, 2 TB Samsung External & 3 TB G-Tech firewire external
Blank & Secure

Well personally for individual files and folders I use:

Blank & Secure

For overwriting free space I use a command line tool that only requires one pass for secure deletion:

SDelete
 

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ASUS
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Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
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AMD C-60 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. X501U
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4.00 GB
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AMD Radeon HD 6290 Graphics
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(1) AMD High Definition Audio Device (2) Realtek High Defi
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1366 x 768 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 60 Hz
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Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 SATA Disk Device
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Comodo CIS & FW, SecureAplus App Whitelisting, Threatfire
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Cyberfox 64bit, Opera 64bit, Airfox
Other Info
Spy-The-Spy, HitmanPro.Alert, Norton Connect Safe, MJRegWatcher, BitDefender TrafficLight, Voodoo Shield, Zemana AntiMalware
Just want to add:

If you have a ssd, DO NOT USE SHREDDER OR special FILE deletion programs.
 

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G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM D
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2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (EVGA)
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Motherboard Built in
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Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch IPS HDMI DVI VGA (1920 x 1080) Wi
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1TB Sandisk SSD PLUS (Main drive)
500 GB Seagate 7200 RPM (Games)
500 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM (Virtual Machines)
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CORSAIR TX Series TX650M 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply
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CORSAIR CARBIDE SPEC-02 Mid-Tower Gaming Case, Red LED Fan
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220mm, two 120mm, and four 60mm fans
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Wired Dell keyboard
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Wireless Logitech mouse
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250mb down, 30mb up
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Panda Cloud Antivirus
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Chrome-ish x64
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Your awesome for reading this.
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