[SOLVED] Free-space washing program?

[twin_57103]

I do a lot of restoration of old computers. I usually end up using a drive washer and reformatting, but there are times, including one I'm working on now, where I don't want to reformat, but would like to cleanse the free space of any deleted files. I know there are commercial programs that support this (i.e. Window Washer). Does anyone know of a freeware program that will do this?

[icheyne]

http://www.ccleaner.com/

[benny bronx]

I don't think that CCleaner wipes free space. I have used Eraser in the past. Seems to do the job.

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

[twin_57103]

Cool - I will give them a look. Thanks for the links.

[Midwest-Linux]

Dban ....( Darik's Boot and Nuke) it works great, I have used it for wiping the hard drive completely clean, and its free. It is the best thing out there if you need to wipe a hard drive clean...don't know about wiping just a partition....read the FAQ.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

[twin_57103]

Dban ....( Darik's Boot and Nuke) it works great, I have used it for wiping the hard drive completely clean, and its free. It is the best thing out there if you need to wipe a hard drive clean...don't know about wiping just a partition....read the FAQ.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Yes, I know about DBan. My goal this time is to clean up free space (i.e. prevent files from being undeleted) without destroying the Windows installation. Thanks anyway!

[icheyne]

CCleaner does wipe files.

http://www.ccleaner.com/features
"High Security:For the super cautious users we also offer secure file erasing. By overwriting the files before deleting them, making it impossible to recover the data."