Shredder

I think they have used body language on me, perfectly steady one minute, and as soon as you step on one without paying attention they tipple over a little bit and chuck you of!!!

 

Come on then Nut, which programme gives you that. I was getting upset there thinking you had it but I didn't - I have XP Media too. Would think it would be one of the security programmes but which one?

Sounds like a good idea, although as tweaky said if people want to get it they can.

cheers

 

I just open my bin and its there as an option

 

Just to try to clarify things a bit more.

When your hard drive is being read, it is read from the outside to the inside...just like the needle playing a record...if you still remember those.

Things that you delete from the Recycle Bin still stay on the disc. They are proceeded with a number 1 (one) so the head reading your hard drive passes those and looks for the next space on the disk.

If you use the 'Shred' facility...it changes the 1 to a Zero (nought) so that the head can overwrite those spaces with new data.

So in physical terms, it can speed up your puter a bit when you are saving things etc.

If any technophobes read this, then I do know that this isn't the complete answer, but I feel it will suffice for this topic.:thumb:

 

thk you Tweaky.... now remind me again whats the off side rule?

 

Thats twice in one thread I have felt by brain actually jump a gear ( backwards)

cheers tweaks

 

You'll have got another program on your PC, a shredder program basically it completely erases it rather than tells the hard drive it can write over it.

 

Depends how many passes it has over the data.:thumb:

 

Er excuse me mr Tweaks,

aren't you s'posed to be an old codger? ( thats for the hydrangea swipe), what do you think your doing knowing about computers I ask you.

 

I don't know how many times it'll pass over as I've not had one of these programs on my PC myself but know someone who has (they're a bit paranoid that a hacker will see what they've deleted!) but in a nut shell thats basically what the program does. Personally I don't think you need a shredder especially if you're like me and wait until the HDD has broken before replacing it, lol, anything anyone got of my computer would be very boring, lol.

 

Old codger.....I'm cut to the quick.:(

The truth can hurt you know.

 

aw make friends?

 

Ok then...your place or mine.

 

pmsl @ old codger...........>>> off to surf dodgey sites ....lol kiddin

 

Heh Heh, cheeky:rolleyes::D:thumb: