Hello, TOM...   
      
   Jul 14, 2011 at 06:08, TOM WALKER wrote to JERRY SCHWARTZ:   
      
    JS>>While I can't be certain, I believe that the new data would occupy the    
    JS>>same physical space on the disk.   
      
    TW> Why do that when several Secure Erase programs are convient and FREE.   
    TW> "Eraser" is one I recommend. It sets itslef by defauly for a 35 Pass   
    TW> randon overwrite. That is a little overkill for most so I have mine    
    TW> set   
    TW> for a three pass overwrite..   
      
   Sounds fine to me. I wasn't clear on whether the guy wanted to totally obscure   
   the file's contents, or just make it unavailable to the file system.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Jerry Schwartz   
      
   mailto:jerryschwartz@comfortable.com   
   http://www.writebynight.com   
      
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