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June 12th 09, 10:06 AM
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I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the
security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway 
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June 12th 09, 10:46 AM
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Bill
Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 10:46 AM
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Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 10:55 AM
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Filling unused space with 0s & 1s
Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 10:55 AM
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Filling unused space with 0s & 1s
Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 12:08 PM
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And you didn't delete any files prior to or include any
files as part of the wipe? -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Bill Ridgeway" wrote in message ... Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 12:08 PM
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And you didn't delete any files prior to or include any
files as part of the wipe? -- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Bill Ridgeway" wrote in message ... Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 12:33 PM
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Bill
That is a curious result. Where are you getting the figures from? Figures are misreported in places like Windows Explorer! -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 12:33 PM
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That is a curious result. Where are you getting the figures from? Figures are misreported in places like Windows Explorer! -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 01:24 PM
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As I have said there was 15.7Gb used (according to Windows Explorer)
immediately before the secure wipe and 12.0Gb (according to Windows Explorer) immediately after the security wipe. This isn't a one-off. I've noticed this effect on several occasions. I would accept a small discrepancy but this isn't a small discrepancy. Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill That is a curious result. Where are you getting the figures from? Figures are misreported in places like Windows Explorer! -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 01:24 PM
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As I have said there was 15.7Gb used (according to Windows Explorer)
immediately before the secure wipe and 12.0Gb (according to Windows Explorer) immediately after the security wipe. This isn't a one-off. I've noticed this effect on several occasions. I would accept a small discrepancy but this isn't a small discrepancy. Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill That is a curious result. Where are you getting the figures from? Figures are misreported in places like Windows Explorer! -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 01:55 PM
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What software are you using to perform the wipe?
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Bill Ridgeway" wrote in message ... As I have said there was 15.7Gb used (according to Windows Explorer) immediately before the secure wipe and 12.0Gb (according to Windows Explorer) immediately after the security wipe. This isn't a one-off. I've noticed this effect on several occasions. I would accept a small discrepancy but this isn't a small discrepancy. Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill That is a curious result. Where are you getting the figures from? Figures are misreported in places like Windows Explorer! -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 01:55 PM
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What software are you using to perform the wipe?
-- JS http://www.pagestart.com "Bill Ridgeway" wrote in message ... As I have said there was 15.7Gb used (according to Windows Explorer) immediately before the secure wipe and 12.0Gb (according to Windows Explorer) immediately after the security wipe. This isn't a one-off. I've noticed this effect on several occasions. I would accept a small discrepancy but this isn't a small discrepancy. Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill That is a curious result. Where are you getting the figures from? Figures are misreported in places like Windows Explorer! -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: Filling unused space with 0s & 1s Bill Ridgeway "Gerry" wrote in message ... Bill Please clarify what you mean by "security wipe"? -- Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Ridgeway wrote: I have just done a security wipe of my hard disk. Immediately before the security wipe 15.7Gb of the hard disk was used. Immediately afterwards this had reduced to 12Gb. A gain of nearly 4Gb is a substantial 25%. I am curious to find out why either why the original usage figure was bloated or why a capacity has genuinely been won. any ideas please? Bill Ridgeway
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June 12th 09, 02:24 PM
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In article , info@
1001solutions.co.uk says... As I have said there was 15.7Gb used (according to Windows Explorer) immediately before the secure wipe and 12.0Gb (according to Windows Explorer) immediately after the security wipe. This isn't a one-off. I've noticed this effect on several occasions. And you've not given anyone a clue as to what a "Secure Wipe" is, what product was used, what methods the product uses, or what the product deletes... -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. (remove 999 for proper email address)
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June 12th 09, 02:24 PM
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In article , info@
1001solutions.co.uk says... As I have said there was 15.7Gb used (according to Windows Explorer) immediately before the secure wipe and 12.0Gb (according to Windows Explorer) immediately after the security wipe. This isn't a one-off. I've noticed this effect on several occasions. And you've not given anyone a clue as to what a "Secure Wipe" is, what product was used, what methods the product uses, or what the product deletes... -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. (remove 999 for proper email address)
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