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On 4/14/2024 3:28 PM, Joel wrote:
> DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
> 
>> GuhNoo/Linux makes you an idiot liar who blindly claims you can't do
>> such and such on Windows, when you almost always can.
>>
>> In this case:
>> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sdelete
> 
> 
> Interesting, another Russinovich utility.  

The latest version of SysInternals, as of 2024-02-13, has ~160 
executables, but a bunch have 64 appended to the same name (so I suppose 
the other one is 32-bit only).

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

The readme.txt file describes 68 utilities in the suite.

No source code provided whatsoever, but I imagine Russinovich would like 
to provide it, if for no other reason than to get feedback/improvements 
from other programmers.

But the source to some of those utilities would provide clues about NTFS 
and other Windows internals, so they won't release it.




> Not really something I'd
> use since unlike Russell I don't have untoward data on my SSD, but it
> shows that Windows has its share of this kind of available software.


There is a boatload of erasure software out there, of course

https://www.lifewire.com/free-data-destruction-software-programs-2626174