Re: Open Source or Freeware File / Free Space Erasers

["Tonkin, Derek K" <Derek_Tonkin () BAYLOR EDU>]

This was one I was curious about has anyone used it much?

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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Open Source or Freeware File / Free Space Erasers

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Don't forget about SDelete from SysInternals.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443


Beth

On 7/31/2012 4:53 PM, Hauber, Wayne [ITSEC] wrote:
> I haven?t tested it, but I like the simplicity of interface for this 
> one:  http://freeraser.en.softonic.com/
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> I liked Heidi a while back, but they seem to have taken away a lot of 
> helpful functionality in the 6+ version.  (Plus I have stability 
> problems with 6+ on windows 7).
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> I have the same reaction to version 6 of Eraser. I?ve been using very 
> 5.88 in lieu of something better. It is still functional.
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> Ronald A. *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:21 PM *To:* 
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> 
> *Subject:* Re: [SECURITY] Open Source or Freeware File / Free Space 
> Erasers
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> Have you looked at Eraser, http://eraser.heidi.ie/, for Windows?
> We are happy with it and recommend it to our users, though, I have 
> never used it to wipe free space.
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> <mailto:[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU]> *On Behalf Of 
> *Tonkin, Derek K *Sent:* Tuesday, July 31, 2012 1:06 PM *To:* 
> SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU <mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> 
> *Subject:* [SECURITY] Open Source or Freeware File / Free Space 
> Erasers
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> Does anyone have a recommendation of a free or very low cost product 
> for doing secure file erasures?  Having secure free space wipe 
> functionality would be a big plus.  Our main concern is that the 
> software be simple to setup and use and be safe (basically, we don?t 
> want the free space wipe to result in a bricked machine).
> This is for a very short term use and management features are not 
> desired.
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> Thanks in advance!
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