Questions tagged [sdelete]
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Does or does not SDelete securely erase a file on an SSD?
Before you mark this post as duplicate, please note that I have reviewed several posts on Superuser Stack Exchange and the answers seem to be conflicting. Hence I ask for clarification in this ...
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What does SDelete do after it reached 100%?
About 2 hours ago, SDelete (sdelete -z) reached 100% - at least that's what it says:
But since then, the disk is >90% busy and the average response time is very high. Write speed is at ~ 7 MB/s. I ...
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How to delete a Folder as if it hasn't existed at all
As the title says, not only I want to completely erase it's bits and bytes from the disk but also it's trace on file system, so NO Undelete software can show that it HAD been there at all.
There are ...
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Delete emails from a list of different senders in Outlook
I need to delete a few thousand emails from various senders in my inbox, I have a list of all the senders in excel, is there anyway I can do this rather than have to manually sort and delete the ...
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Windows - How do I undo 'sdelete -c C'?
sdelete is a tool for secure deletion, and the -c flag "cleans free space".
I ran this command sdelete -c C on a Windows 10 machine in an attempt to clean up free space on the C drive, but ...
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Correct syntax for SDelete to wipe free space on the disk?
If I use this syntax:
sdelete64.exe -p 3 -c 1% C
...where:
-p 3 sets number of overwrite passes to 3
-c 1% sets amount of space to leave free to 1%
C Specifies drive letter C:
... I get the error ...
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I don't want Windows SYSTEM to be able to delete folder [closed]
Here is my problem:
I've got a folder with a "dekstop.ini" file inside and some files and folders inside too.
I've tried to make this folder undeletable by the security tab in property:
So, ...
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How to do a bulk delete or replace
How to do a massive replace or delete (44k+ lines) with the below:
Line 238440: <FLTR>
Line 238441: <FLTR>
Line 238442: <FLTR>
Line 238443: <FLTR>
Line 238444: <FLTR>
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sdelete error: "This app can't run on your PC"
I am running sdelete in a Windows 10 x64 virtual machine (VirtualBox). I want to remove empty space so I can compact the virtual disk.
I open an admin command prompt in the VM, change directory to the ...
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How are Windows SysInternal Utilities Licensed? [closed]
Specifically I want to know about SDELETE by Mark Russinovich. I didn't find any license attached, although he holds a Copyright for it..
I want to know because I want to distribute it in my own ...
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