1995-07-27 - Re: mac share/freeware app for overwriting unused hd space?

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From: “Halvor Kise jr.” <halvork@hiof.no>
To: “j. ercole” <joee@li.net>
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UTC Datetime: 1995-07-27 18:10:50 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 27 Jul 95 11:10:50 PDT

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From: "Halvor Kise jr." <halvork@hiof.no>
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 95 11:10:50 PDT
To: "j. ercole" <joee@li.net>
Subject: Re: mac share/freeware app for overwriting unused hd space?
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On Thu, 27 Jul 1995, j. ercole wrote:
> Can anyone point me towards a program that's freeware or shareware that
> will overwrite all the unused i.e., "trashed" space on my hard drive(s)?  I
> sincerely apologise if this is a faq.  I know norton's will do it but I
> don't presently have that installed on my machine.  Thanks oodles,
> joe

I once had a program called Burn, which is another trachcan, but 
overwrites the data X-times. (You choose yourself how many!)
You can get it at:
ftp://ftp.usa.net/users/mdw/mac/burn/

Hope this helps,
- Halvor.

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