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- M S - Z E R O
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- MS-ZERO is a Security feature for zeroing files before Deleting them.
- It must be remembered in MS-DOS that Erasing a file DOES NOT ERASE
- THE DATA on a diskette or hard disk - it merely removes the file
- from the active directory. Files that are Erased or Deleted with MS-DOS or
- leave the actual DATA of the file untouched and intact. Anyone
- with a disk utility like the Norton Utilities can still read sensitive
- data you thought you Deleted or Erased.
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- MS-ZERO erases all the data in a file as well as deleting it. Each
- character of such a file will be filled with hexadecimal X'FF' bytes
- [ or CHR$(255) ] before it is deleted thru MS-DOS.
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- character of such a file will be filled with hexadecimal X'FF' bytes
- [ or CHR$(