Pat- I think I hit the wrong key as I lost my original note to you. It was to see the information inluded below and to thank you so muh for the work you have done for me. I am truly grateful for the patience and help.I hopw we have the chance to chat in a more rational manner in the future. Is erasing free space besides a factory format and reinstall worth doing. I plan on modifying my data also. Thank you once again.
Peter
>>Yes, DBAN would be the correct tool, but that would require some tweaking and hacking on your part, as it doesn't work too well with newer computers.
Alternatively, you can format and reinstall Windows, and run a Free Space erase on the new-clean Windows drive. That is not a perfect solution, but it should be sufficiently clean for most (the necessary "cleanliness" would be determined by yourself)
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As it is a branded machine, there may well be a utility to restore it to factory condition. If there is, you could use that (it will format the drive), then (as Joel says) use the Eraser free space erase to make your machine safe. I agree with Joel that this is not 100% solution, but it comes pretty close, and I recall that people have reported issues with DBAN on Dell machines.
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