All files were scanned with and up to date copy of AVG ant-virus before uploading. Wagner, building on work by Makoto Matsumoto, Takuji Nishimura, and Shawn Cokus. This program was developed using Bloodshed Software Dev C++ version 4.9.9.2 and random numbers are generated using a Mersenne Each pass of data is written using commands found in the Windows API, rather than using those native toĬ++ so that all file buffers are be flushed to disk before the next pass is initiated. The program overwrites the data in each file with: its inverse, all zeros, all ones, followed by two passes of random nubers Your selections, along with the coordinates of the various windows will be recorded in the Windows registry ready for next 'Delete selected files directly,' the default method, where files are removed one by one from wherever they happen to be.
To use it, you just need to right-click on a file and it will offer you an option to erase the data. - Shell extension support for Win 7 64-bit and Vista 64-bit. With its easy-to-use interface, you can schedule deletion whenever you want. Also, in contrast to CCleaner, which has had problems with viruses, Eraser is completely safe to download. You log off during the run or the computer crashes any files that remain will be deleted when you next use your account. Eraser focuses only on the removal of trace elements. 'Hide files before deletion,' where the files will be transferred to a temporary folder before they are deleted, here if In addition you can choose one of two 'Methods': Will inform you of the progress the program is making. 'Verbose,' the default mode, is where you will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the files and then a window 'Request confirmation' means that you will be asked to confirm that you wish to delete the files. 'Silent' meaning the program begins to shred files that are dragged and dropped onto the icon immediately without evenĪsking for confirmation that you wish to delete files You can choose between one of three 'Modes': Select how the program runs through the Options menu on the menu bar. Too, on first use, the licensing agreement will be presented and, once the terms and conditions have been accepted you can Alternatively you can double click on the program icon to open it.
You confirm this, it will begin to shred them. With the licence agreement, once this is accepted you will be prompted to confirm that you wish to delete the files and, if The first time you run the program it will present you To shred files select them and then drag and drop them onto the icon. To install File Shredder copy File Shredder.exe to your desktop, or other folder, on a computer using a Windows operating Intended to make any recovery of the data impossible. Eraser is free software, and its source code is released under GNU. This tool can be used on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2012-2022. after this you must check 'user and settings' directory, then if anything exist that was used by removed directory, remove this completly.File shredder runs under the Windows operating system (XP and later) to delete files on a hard disk drive in a manner that is This file shredding tool lets you wipe sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times to ensure it isn’t recovered.
I recommend create additional admin user, check this work, and completly remove previously used user profile. But there are lot of your personal data under your profile directory. then you do cleaning without swap/hibernate files. of course as jim say, you can remove swap file and hibernate file if you are use them, for clearing temporarly stored data under that files. what software you can use, this is explained by other posters in this discussion :) remember about emptying trash.įor paranoids. after that cleaning you can trully clean free space. you can reboot computer and remove them manually, or you can use tools like ccleaner. one is system temp directory under c:\windows, and second are users temp directories under his profile directory. After this use tools that remove old template files. Tools that clean free space have no chance to clean this files, until they are freed by removing restore points. Also, you can click the 'Delete Folder' or 'Delete File' button in the window, navigate to the directory to begin the erasing.
Another drag-n-drop file eraser that lets you drag and drop files or folders directly to the tool for erasing. This may keep old files that you deleted. Supported Windows OS: Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10 5. At first remove your old restore points in your windows.