From:	Damian Yerrick <MYNAMEISd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comNO2CANNEDHAM>
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Subject:	Re: Returning the amount of disk free space
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On Fri, 21 Jan 2000 19:12:41 -0500, Sahab Yazdani
<beyonder69 AT geocities DOT com> wrote:

>[snip]
>> I am writing a uility to fill hard drives and could really use some help.
>[they say that curiosity killed the cat but...]
>
>why would you want to fill a hard drive???  Security?  I just can't come
>up with any good uses...

how about wipehd.exe? Creates empty files (containing lots and lots of
random data) in all the blank spaces.

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