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Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable

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On 3/12/26 03:38, JR Dolobson wrote:
> Just what subject says, I need a utility to scramble/ overwrite deleted 
> file space to make the files unrecoverable.  I just read about Shred, 
> but it requires moving all existing files off of the drive first, then 
> doing a drive overwrite and/or overwriting the file no longer wanted.
> 
> Thank you

It depends upon the contents of that deleted files: if they contain the 
codes for some ICBMs or the passwords and access codes to some 
multi-billion fortune, ask somebody else.

For us mere mortals:

Create a file as root using all available free disk space:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/zerofile bs=128k; rm -f /zerofile

Josef

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utility to make deleted files unrecoverable JR Dolobson <dolob55J@erols.net> - 2026-03-11 22:38 -0400
  Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Killadebug <killadebug@mouse-potato.com> - 2026-03-12 03:22 +0000
  Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-03-12 02:34 -0400
    Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-12 09:24 +0000
    Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable JR Dolobson <dolob55J@erols.net> - 2026-03-12 07:38 -0400
      Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2026-03-13 02:01 -0400
  Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-12 08:21 +0000
  Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Josef Möllers <josef@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-12 11:00 +0100
  Re: utility to make deleted files unrecoverable Josef Möllers <josef@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-12 11:03 +0100

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