file shredder for PC ?

[Orange Spyder Man]

I have an old computer that I am giving to my SIL... does anyone know of a free file shredder I can download to remove temp files before I get rid of my old Dell computer ?

tia
osm

 

[cuznjohn]

nothing free that i know of, just format the hard drive and reload windows

 

[Hypurone]

If you are giving it away with the OS intact, Glary Utilities has a built in file shredder and has a free version.... Otherwise I would use a DOD wipe (ghost utility called Gdisk) on the drive. This of course wipes out EVERYTHING to Department of Defense (DoD) 5220.22-M standard... (read: not even forensics can recover anything). So not an option if you want to give a functioning pc....

 

[ottawa-rider]

Eraser

 

[Sam Mac]

Please take this as a joke, ask Hillary Clinton about deleting files.

 

[Bob Denman]

Please take this as a joke, ask Hillary Clinton about deleting files.

:clap: :2thumbs: :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

OR BETTER STILL

Remove board and hit it a BFH a few times :gaah:........Then not even the HACKER the FBI hired to get into Appel's - IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INTO SYSTEM - can hack yours ..........jmho .......Mike :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: Crude... but effective! :thumbup:

Mike,
Regarding your reference to a "BFH"; how many different sizes do you have this important tool in?
(I've only got three; but one of them is a three-pounder! )

 

[Bob Denman]

Here's an even MORE fun option! :clap:

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

HAMMERS

:shocked: Crude... but effective! :thumbup:

Mike,
Regarding your reference to a "BFH"; how many different sizes do you have this important tool in?
(I've only got three; but one of them is a three-pounder! )

11 - 3 oz. to 10 lb. :yikes: ........... Mike :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

11 - 3 oz. to 10 lb. :yikes: ........... Mike :thumbup:

:shocked: :bowdown: :firstplace: :clap: :2thumbs:

 

[Stumpy6Guns]

I couldn't tell my kids why I thought "The BFG" was a funny name for a movie!

 

[Questions]

Our IT guy at the state university where I used to work always recommends Dban when we were recycling obsolete computers. It's a free download and if you run it on a drive, that drive will be completely overwritten as many times as you like according to your choice of methods designed for the purpose.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Office copy machines also have hard drives that should be wiped before you get rid of the copier. Images stay on them a long time.

 

[ThreeWheels]

It seems to me all you need is a little patience, and the drive will wipe itself out.
They always do.........................

 

[BlueBayou]

http://download.cnet.com/s/file-shredder/

Here are some options.