Erase swap file from Windows

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mowgliman

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Hi all !!

First of all thanks for a great product and a great forum as well !
Now to my question: I want to clean the free space on C: and im now wondering about the swap file. I wanna erase the swapfile from windows and not from Dos ! So I have to disable swap then, I only have Os and a couple of other programs installed on the comp. Is it a big risk that the comp. will stop responding when I disable swap ? If I dont disable swap will the swapfile data be erased if I do a free space clean ? If I disable the swap, will the memory of the swapfile be erased if I do a free space clean on C: ? What about procted files, will the clustertip of those files be erased when I clean free space ? Can I be sure that the entire free space is cleaned or do you have any tips of "things" I should do before cleaning free space ?
Hope u like to answer all my questions !!
Thanks from Mowgliman
 
Hi again...

Forgott to tell you that I have Win98 on my comp. !
Thats all....just waiting for your answers *S*

Bye for now Mogliman
 
Hi again...

Forgott to tell you that I have Win98 on my comp. !
Thats all....just waiting for your answers *S*

Bye for now Mogliman
 
>>I wanna erase the swapfile from windows and not from Dos !
Cannot be done on Win98.

You should set your swapfile to a fixed size and wipe it with eraserd on a boot floppy..

If you create a boot disk you can easily run that as often as you like. Download dosboot.zip from http://www.heidi.ie/dosboot.zip
This will create a basic freedos boot with eraserd.exe on it.

General fumigation of your drive will depend upon what apps you are using. As a start you need to wipe cookies, internet temp files, MRU and whatever registry settings you think have been altered.

Garrett
 
Hi Garrett !!

Thank you for your fast reply !
Cant I even remove the swapfile from Dos and then
do a free space clean on C: ?
If not, do I just boot with eraserd disk ?
Any comman I should type in Dos ?
Can I change the number of passes ?

Bye from Mowgliman
 
Hi garret...tried the link to the boot floppy below.......doesn't work for me.... is there a new location? thx
 
From an earlier posting:
"- Disable the swap file, reboot to Windows (now without a swapfile), then
you may do a freespace erasing, which erases also, what before was
contained in the swap file. Re-enable the swap file and reboot once more
to activate that setting. Windows has now a new, clean swap file.
or
- Fix the size of the swap file (mandatory), exit Windows, boot to DOS,
erase the swapfile with EraserD on the DOS prompt, boot to Windows
"unfix" the swap file size and reboot to axctivate that new/old setting.
The swap file is now the old one, but fully cleaned.
Any help?
 
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