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Permanently erase Windows files in two clicks with RightDelete
by Lee Mathews Dec 18th 2008 at 1:00PM
Windows is a nice foundation, but there are some simple functions that have long been missing from the OS - like secure file deletion. RightDelete is just about the simplest app you'll find for adding that functionality. It's a free 156kb download for Windows 98 or better.
Extract and launch the executable and you'll be asked to confirm adding an entry to your context menu. You'll need the executable on your system to actually perform erasures, so don't just run it from inside the zip.
Once the menu entry has been added, just right click on any file and choose securely delete. You'll be prompted again to make sure you want to proceed with the deletion. The program utilizes the seven pass method, which is more than enough to prevent recovery with any normal applications.
It's fairly fast as well, wiping a 32mb file in just over two seconds.
[ via Freeware Files ]
Extract and launch the executable and you'll be asked to confirm adding an entry to your context menu. You'll need the executable on your system to actually perform erasures, so don't just run it from inside the zip.
Once the menu entry has been added, just right click on any file and choose securely delete. You'll be prompted again to make sure you want to proceed with the deletion. The program utilizes the seven pass method, which is more than enough to prevent recovery with any normal applications.
It's fairly fast as well, wiping a 32mb file in just over two seconds.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Drew Green said 1:28PM on 12-18-2008
Cool beans!
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Jed said 2:05PM on 12-18-2008
Thats 3 clicks....
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Lee Mathews said 2:06PM on 12-18-2008
Er...yeah, miscounting....Except that I always confirm with the keyboard, so technically it was only two clicks for me ;-)
Ted said 2:23PM on 12-18-2008
Very cool feature.
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Hyrum said 3:01PM on 12-18-2008
That's cool. Shift+Delete does the same thing.
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Lee Mathews said 3:10PM on 12-18-2008
Yeah...shift+delete just deletes a file without going to the recycle bin. It's still pretty easily recoverable.
Hyrum said 3:19PM on 12-18-2008
I see the difference now. Thanks for letting me know.
Rocky said 3:23PM on 12-18-2008
"That's cool. Shift+Delete does the same thing."
Not really.
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Vuzer said 3:12PM on 12-18-2008
Eraser is much better. It will do the whole right-click thing, plus it can securely erase 'empty' space on your hard drive to make it unrecoverable. It is also free, a tiny program, and extremely easy to use. You can also set up schedules for it to clean your hard drive up automatically when you want.
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Transcontinental said 6:35AM on 12-19-2008
There's but a half-point in such a tool if it cannot include folders!
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Lewis said 12:55PM on 12-19-2008
Isn't anyone going to mention the fact that naive overwriting of this kind *does not work on journaled file systems like NTFS*?
*crickets chirping*
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Tomi said 10:34AM on 12-21-2008
This simple piece of software does not work on NTFS.
You may use SDelete: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx
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