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WDEL.EXE v1.6 ∞ Copyright 1994 GoatEye Software
WDEL is:
WDEL.EXE is a freeware secure delete program. You can
do anything you like with WDEL.EXE it is in the public domain.
WDEL can delete file so that they can't be recovered by
software tools like Norton's UNDELETE.
There are three options with WDEL. If you want to delete
some files or a file, and have a simple undelete program
not recover it use WDEL with no options:
WDEL silly.doc
WDEL *.doc
This will delete the file(s) and make them hard to recover.
If you do want to recover them, you will need a copy of
Norton Utils and do a data type search, before you write any
thing else to the disk. Even then you might not get your
deleted file back...
If you really want to delete a file, use WDEL like this:
WDEL silly.doc /s
WDEL *.doc /s
The /S option is a very secure delete. There is not any
software that can recover the file(s). WDEL will replace
each byte in the file with junk, thus turning your file
to junk before deleting it.
You may also use the /P option, this tell WDEL to delete the
file even if they are attribed read only. Example:
WDEL *.doc /p
WDEL *.doc /p /s
By default WDEL will delete the file(s) you have picked even
if they are hidden. WDEL only looks for the read only attribute
to form any sort of warning.
For this reason be careful of what you tell WDEL to do...
To verify that you have a good/real copy of WDEL.EXE download
a copy of the PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) software and run:
PGP WDEL.SIG WDEL.EXE
Version 1.4 lasted about two days. The very secure option was
way to slow... So v1.5 speeds things up, a lot...
1.6 updates: In other versions WDEL.EXE did not work with
a full path like: WDEL D:\W\*.* This now works with v1.6.
As time goes on new versions of WDEL.EXE will float around.
With each new version we will try to make WDEL more secure
and faster.
There are no warranties with WDEL.EXE. This is a use at your own
risk util. GoatEye Software or anyone else is NOT responsible
for lost data (you are) or any thing else you or anyone else may
think WDEL.EXE did to your data or computer hardware/software.
GoatEye Software's Public key (also in GOATEYE.KEY):
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Version: 2.3a
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g79FQFbAgR9o/ud7umjet/XvU+Ytv4bOzo33/yM9K2ioPKSLs6wFYsQEU4cZAAUR
tBBHb2F0RXllX1NvZnR3YXJl
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-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----