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- COMMAND: WIPEDISK
-
- FUNCTION: Protects confidential data by over-writing a disk.
-
- FORMAT: WIPEDISK [d:][/Vn][/Rn][/E][/G][/LOG]
-
- TYPE: Norton Utilities command
-
- REMARKS: /Vn sets the wipe-value to n, where n may be any number form 0 to
- 255 (default=0).
- /Rn repeats the wiping process n times (default=1).
- /E specifies that only the erased or unused data space will be wiped,
- thereby saving existing data.
- /G wipes the data three times with three different values in
- accordance with special government security regulations.
- /LOG formats the output for redirection to a printer or file.
- WIPEDISK starts from the least used portion of the disk and may be
- terminated at any time by pressing Ctrl-Break. Fully wiped disks must
- be formatted before they can be used again.