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by jackoma
03 Dec 2010 08:58
Forum: Feature and Enhancement Requests
Topic: Ability to Turn OFF File and Search Pattern History
Replies: 3
Views: 5933

Re: Ability to Turn OFF File and Search Pattern History

As a temporary solution, I included the HxD.ini file at

\AppData\Roaming\Mael\HxD

on CCleaner's delete list.
by jackoma
03 Dec 2010 00:06
Forum: Support
Topic: Disk editing and consequences
Replies: 2
Views: 4920

Re: Disk editing and consequences

Good point about the drivers. I prefer Truecrypt, so I wouldn't care for hardware encryption. Thanks for pointing out that flash drives can be zeroed and then reformatted without problems.

And thanks for the quick reply man.
by jackoma
01 Dec 2010 21:31
Forum: Support
Topic: Disk editing and consequences
Replies: 2
Views: 4920

Disk editing and consequences

I'm exploring several ways to securely delete information from a USB drive. Format (not quick) looks good so far, but I am considering writing zeros to all the bytes. What is the worst thing that can happen when you open your physical USB drive (non-read only) in HxD and mess around? Is there risk o...