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- WDEL.EXE v1.7 ∞ 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:
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- WDEL *.doc /p
- WDEL *.doc /p /s
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- With version 1.7 you can also chose how many times the file
- should be overwritten. Example:
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- WDEL *.DAT /s3
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- This will overwrite *.DAT with junk three time before deleting
- the file.
-
- 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:
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- 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.
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- 1.7 updates: Chose how many time the file(s) will be overwritten
- with the /S option.
-
- 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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