A friend of mine that is running WinXP has asked me if there is a way to   
   permanently delete a file from his system.  He knows he can use Shift-Del   
   to make it look deleted, but he is asking how to completely remove files   
   from the system so that they can never be recovered (bank info, etc.).   
       
   I know of software that will completely wipe-out the entire HD, but I don't   
   know of any that do so for individual files.  IIRC, the old Norton Desktop   
   (from WfWG 3.11 days) had a "Shredder" icon that supposedly did that.   
       
   Is there a method to permanently delete a file, rather than moving it to   
   the recycle bin or otherwise leaving some recoverable footprint on the HD?   
       
   Mike   
       
      
      
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