[H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Veech
We know that deleted files can be recovered. Anyone here know of a utility that completely erases specific files from the HD, rendering them unrecoverable? thanks

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)
Eraser, http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php (From WEB site:) Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, X

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Veech
Great, thank you. Have you tested it? - Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files Eraser, http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php (

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)
I have run 5.7 for quite a while. It gives different levels of security... It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today). I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing... (I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...) Rick

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Veech
Number of uses? - Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files I have run 5.7 for quite a while. It gives different levels of securit

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Ben Ruset
Flash only has a certain # of writes before it becomes unusable. Veech wrote: Number of uses? - Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing f

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
07 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files I have run 5.7 for quite a while. It gives different levels of security... It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today). I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing... (I know it will use up the "n

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)
Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses" and then they no longer function... (Become un-reliable...) Writes likely "count more" towards use... It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical spot all t

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Ben Ruset
List" Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files I have run 5.7 for quite a while. It gives different levels of security... It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today). I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing... (I know it will use up the

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
got any cites for this? I've never heard this any where... If this is so, why is there talk of flash memory being used to replace HDs? I don't see why a solid state device should lose ability to store...it's not the same tech as a cD-RW disc. Rick Glazier(Gmail) wrote: Flash cards and USB d

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Limitations Rick Glazier(Gmail) wrote: Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses" and then they no longer function... (Become un-reliable...) Writes likely "count more" towards use... It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW

RE: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Bill
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier(Gmail) > Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:26 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files > > Eraser, > http://www.heidi.ie/era

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)
Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive Like all flash memory devices, flash drives can sustain only a limited number of write and erase cycles before failure. Mid-range flash drives under normal conditions will support several hundred thousand cycles, although write operations w

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
able. Veech wrote: Number of uses? - Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Hardware List" Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files I have run 5.7 for quite a while. It gives different

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread tmservo
Very effective tool. Anymore I find myself using reatago to build my disks with Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:10:13 To:The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Blitzing files At 13:2

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread zaske
Try here. http://www.freebyte.net Veech wrote: We know that deleted files can be recovered. Anyone here know of a utility that completely erases specific files from the HD, rendering them unrecoverable? thanks

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:25 PM 04/01/2007, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: If this is so, why is there talk of flash memory being used to replace HDs? There is actually. There is a new type of hard drive due out that will use a large flash RAM to cache the OS to make start times faster. I don't see why a solid stat

Re: [H] Blitzing files

2007-01-04 Thread dhs
And why ever 6-8 months I remove everything from my flash drive (Crucial 256MB), defrag it, and then put everything back on. Not had/seen any glitches in the 2 years I've been testing this neat little storage device. I'm getting ready to replace all my FD's and just use FlashDrives. Nice, sol