Originally posted by CRX-YEM@Dec 15 2003, 10:48 AM
it doesn't efect the performace one bit.
but if you're really worried about the cops finding kiddie porn on your computer after you've deleted it you need to use a program like Norton System Works (I believe System Mechanic will do it too) and use a tool that Wipes Clean the free space. What happens is the program write 0 (zero's to all the free space) and now the data that was there has been over written with 0 and the data that was marked as deleted is now really gone. and if you're really paraniod you should wipe the free space multiple times writting random characters to the free space.