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Wipedisk
Name: Kari Bai Date: January 22, 2001 at 05:51:02 Pacific
Comment:
Hi Everybody, I need to know, which of the wipedisk programmes like wipedisk from Norton Utilities is the best one. Do you know pages of research and testings where I can find some information about comparisons between different wipedisk programmes?
Name: liam Date: January 22, 2001 at 06:53:53 Pacific
Reply:
i use nortons and its pretty good, you can pick what "strength" you want the wipe, you can pick like a government wipe which complies with some DOD thingy and then i use the unerase to see if it has actually gone and its always worked for me.
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