Todd Zullinger <tmz <at> pobox.com> writes:
If you want much more secure deletion, take a look at DBAN:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
Another option is to use disk encryption. Then you could give your
disk away without deleting or wiping anything and still be secure.
Yes I am aware of both these which are great for total inaccessibility to
others for an entire disk. In this case I was looking for deletion of a
small number of files which may have sensitive info but to retain the
system, including the HD, in a working fashion for the new owner.
Thanks for the reply though.