Shredding files on a journal using file system

[john]

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I use Windows XP Home edition. NTFS format hard drive.

I need to make sure that files and file content on my
hard drive are shredded.

I have been told that if the file system uses
a "journal," the journal can store significant amount of
information about a file and that information could be
used to rebuild/recover the file or its contents after it
has been shredded.

So my questions are:

1. Is NTFS a journal using file system?

2. If it is, where is the journal?

2. If it is, how can I see what information my journal
has?

Thanks,

John

 

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"John" wrote:

| I use Windows XP Home edition. NTFS format hard drive.
|
| I need to make sure that files and file content on my
| hard drive are shredded.
|
| I have been told that if the file system uses
| a "journal," the journal can store significant amount of
| information about a file and that information could be
| used to rebuild/recover the file or its contents after it
| has been shredded.
|
| So my questions are:
|
| 1. Is NTFS a journal using file system?
|
| 2. If it is, where is the journal?
|
| 2. If it is, how can I see what information my journal
| has?
|
| Thanks,
|
| John

 

[Guest]

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If you want to "shred" files so as to make them unrecoverable in normal use
you'll need third party software, of which there is plenty. (Look on the
Internet.)
--
Ted Zieglar


"John" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7dd201c4d0da$9670f690$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I use Windows XP Home edition. NTFS format hard drive.
>
> I need to make sure that files and file content on my
> hard drive are shredded.
>
> I have been told that if the file system uses
> a "journal," the journal can store significant amount of
> information about a file and that information could be
> used to rebuild/recover the file or its contents after it
> has been shredded.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1. Is NTFS a journal using file system?
>
> 2. If it is, where is the journal?
>
> 2. If it is, how can I see what information my journal
> has?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John