Best thing to do is delete whatever it is
then defrag the drive then fill the remaining space with random crap, delete that then repeat.
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:27, archived)

I have an illegal copy of this
I use it once a month just to keep everything tickitey boo.
I don't really have that much to hide but it's nice to keep it all clean and tidy
www.webroot.com/consumer/products/windowwasher/?acode=af2&rc=3815
( Hankster, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:29, archived)

I found I could recover files from
a partition I had removed, repartitioned then reformatted. Hence the overwrite part is essential.
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:30, archived)

I know how to defrag but... filling the space?
I use my PC for making music, pictures and the occasional hamshank. Would you just put stuff in the same folder?
( Flowers the little boy that santa claus forgot, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:32, archived)

Make a new folder on the drive
then copy everything you can into that folder until it's full.
Then delete the new folder and do it all again.
Even better is to create new files ie: get loads of mp3 files and use winamp or something to turn them into wavs into the new folder.
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:33, archived)

Use this
www.sys-shield.com/fileshredder.htm
( Hankster, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:34, archived)

That's what I do
only manually.
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:35, archived)

if you're really paranoid then get a good file shredder
PGP freeware is apparently good - though I tried installing a different one and just got bleedin' spyware
( Gilgamesh gazed in wonder as Frampton came alive, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:39, archived)

I'm not paranoid
but that doesn't mean they're not out to get me.
( djrich - Live from Houghton Regis got this thing for Clémence Poésy, Sun 7 Jan 2007, 13:41, archived)