FS File Shredder 2

File Shredder is a simple tool designed to help you remove files from your hard drive without fear they could be recovered. There are quite a few software tools today for retrieval of deleted files under Windows OS. Those tools, often referred to as file recovery software, are taking advantage of shortcoming of Windows delete command that we all use regularly to delete files. Actually, the delete operation in Windows only removes bits of information from files so they appear deleted in OS. It is easy to retrieve those files using aforementioned specialized file recovery software. In order to remove, or shred files permanently from your system you have to use a application that is capable of rewriting the files with random series of binary data multiple times. This process is often called shredding. That way, the actual content of the file has been overwritten and the possibilities to recover such a shredded file are mostly theoretical. File Shredder has been developed as fast, safe and reliable tool to shred company files. The author of this application released it free under GNU licence and you are welcome to download File Shredder and use it without any restrictions. File Shredder is simple but strong application that surpasses manu commercial file shredders out there. The Author believes that such a utility should be available to anyone for free and that permanent and safe removal of secret documents is a matter of basic right to privacy. In File Shredder you can choose between 5 different shredding algorithms, each one gradually stronger than the previous one. It also has integrated Disk Wiper which uses shredding algorithm to wipe unused disk space.