[Winpt-users] File wipe options

[Randy H. Tjahjono]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Carr" <ncbbq at hotmail.com>
To: <winpt-users at wald.intevation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 11:53 AM
Subject: [Winpt-users] File wipe options


> I wasn't able to find any documentation on the file wipe option "Simple".  Can anyone tell me what is done when using this default option?  
 
> I saw some old release notes that listed the wipe options as "experimental".  Are they still considered experimental? 
 
> One final question.  When selecting the "Wipe Free Space" option, does a dialog box come up asking you which drive to perform the operation on?  I didn't > want to try this until I knew what it was going to do.
 
> Thanks!
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The "Wipe Free Space" option does give you a dialog box asking to choose which drive to perform the operation. However, once the operation starts, the status indicator will still says "None" (or something like that) until it's done, then it says "Complete". It would be nice if the program would offer different "wipe" options.