[lug] drive free space "wiper" recommendation

[karl horlen]

--- On Sat, 10/9/10, Robert Racansky <robert.racansky at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robert Racansky <robert.racansky at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lug] drive free space "wiper" recommendation
> To: "Boulder (Colorado) Linux Users Group -- General Mailing List" <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 4:28 PM
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:19 PM, karl
> horlen <horlenkarl at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > i need to ship a computer back that's under warranty.
> i've already moved / deleted the files off of the drive that
> i deemed sensitive.  th
> >
> > can anybody recommend a good, free, non spyware based
> utility to help me "wipe" the free space left by my previous
> deletes and moves?  dban looks like an *entire* drive wipe
> utility.  i don't want to permanently delete the entire
> drive, just the unused space.
> >
> > fyi, this is a win xp based system.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> 
> 
> Eraser
> 
> http://eraser.heidi.ie/
> 
> Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which
> allows you to
> completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by
> overwriting
> it several times with carefully selected patterns. Eraser
> is currently
> supported under Windows XP (with Service Pack 3), Windows
> Server 2003
> (with Service Pack 2), Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008,
> Windows 7
> and Windows Server 2008 R2.

that looked like a winner, unfortunately my system is installed with Service Pack 2. i'm not sure the SP3 update will go smoothly and or would prefer to find something that isn't Service pack specific.

thanks for the tip though.  good to know for all other up to date OSs!