a data shredder software

[Ciccioo]

faster than using a zero writer/reformat/etc.

no, it's not faster than clicking on an icon and pressing the "shred" button

and it was just an example, if you have to erase photos or documents your "yo i'm smart and i never do things just the quick way" approach won't work

[IdeaStormer]

no, it's not faster than clicking on an icon and pressing the "shred" button

and it was just an example, if you have to erase photos or documents your "yo i'm smart and i never do things just the quick way" approach won't work

 

Well some of us know how files work, photo's or doc's which is probably why I choose my method over a canned "supposed" and not verified method.

 

You know some code if optimized will do nothing if it knows you're just writing zero's and nothing else, yet generate a binary which makes some people feel warm and fuzzy. Have you ever tried to re-read a file that was supposedly zero-ed? By file I mean the exact location it was on the disk?

[Ciccioo]

Well some of us know how files work, photo's or doc's which is probably why I choose my method over a canned "supposed" and not verified method.

You know some code if optimized will do nothing if it knows you're just writing zero's and nothing else, yet generate a binary which makes some people feel warm and fuzzy. Have you ever tried to re-read a file that was supposedly zero-ed? By file I mean the exact location it was on the disk?

shredders don't ask the OS to write on the disk

they just write on the disk

and how does your method work with photos?