WipeFree 1.00 for Win32 - Copyright(C) 1998, Jem E. Berkes
This software is free for personal use only.

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This is a Win32 console application: you must be running Windows 95,
Windows 98, or Windows NT.  Maximum drive size is 4 GB.
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When you delete a file, data is not immediately removed from your
system. Instead, the operating system marks positions on the disk
as "free" -- until new data comes along, the old data still exists.

WipeFree gets around this problem by creating a file which takes up
the remaining available disk space. This file's data (which is random
garbage) replaces any other data which may have still been lying
around. This temporary file is automatically deleted, and the result
is that the disk no longer contains any previously deleted information.
Note, however, that the file names of deleted files may still exist.

WipeFree can be used on hard disks, floppy diskettes, and removable
drives. It will work on any file system -- FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HPFS.
The generated temporary file contains random data (it can not be
compressed), and the file cache is flushed, so the procedure is quite
secure.

** HOWEVER, THERE ARE NO GUARENTEES THAT THIS IS 100% SECURE **

To use WipeFree, specify a drive name. The following are all valid:
wipefree a:
wipefree c:
wipefree d:

Read the warning, then press 'y' and press ENTER to continue. Some
brief stats on the disk are displayed, then the procedure begins. When
the bar reaches the other end of the screen, WipeFree is complete.

You can also make a shortcut to wipefree.exe in your SendTo directory.
Then, whenever you send a file or directory to wipefree, that file's
disk will be processed. That's for you GUI-lovers :)

Please contact the author by e-mail at berkes@altavista.net if you
would like to register this software for use in your business or
organization.

Download updates from:
http://www.alkaid.ml.org/
