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Erasing data on free space on NTFS partitions

By , 19 Sep 2004
 
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 Dennis C. Dietrich
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A VBScript that overwrites free disk space to prevent file recovery on a NTFS partition, by creating a file with random data and (mostly) the size of the free space.
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First Posted 4 Sep 2004
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