Re: Utility to zero-fill unused space on HD ?

In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "Patches Forever"
<jorkimer99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I thought there was a Norton Utilities program that had the capability to
write zeros on all the unused space on the hard drive. I looked at all the
menu options in Norton DiskEdit and Disk Doctor and I don't see any such
capability.

Can someone tell me do you know if Norton has it anywhere? Or what utility
can do it ?

TWO Norton utilities will do the job:
Wipeinfo
SpeedDisk

In Wipeinfo, you can "Wipe Free Space".
In SpeedDisk, you have the option of filling free space with zeroes
after the defrag is done. (Look under Options.)

In either case, if you really want to completely wipe the disk, then
format it first (Fast Format) and then run either the defrag or the
wipe.

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