Mike_Clearnet
Download Norton SystemWorks and run Norton WipeInfo.
Norton WipeInfo removes all traces of selected files or folders from your hard drive. It can also wipe the free space on your hard disk, insuring that previously deleted information is not left on your hard disk.
You can use the Fast Wipe, which writes all zeros or any other character you choose. Alternately, you can use the Government Wipe, which is a 7-pass procedure that conforms to the method specified in DoD document 5220-22-M, National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual.
Be certain before you use WipeInfo. You cannot unerase information after it has been wiped.
The steps for a Government Wipe are as follows:
1 The data is overwritten with all 0s, and then overwritten by all 1s.
2 The first step is repeated as many times as you like.
3 Then a random value, or any other value you choose from 0 to 255, is written.
4 The value written is verified to insure that it was written correctly.
5 The entire process is repeated as many times as you like.
There you go.
Now if you have the CD or know someone that does then you can run it from the CD.
Norton Disk Doctor
Norton WinDoctor
Norton UnErase
Norton WipeInfo
These can all be run from the CD so if you got it or a friend then ask to use it.