Formatting a memory stick

[donkey]

Hi All,

Quick question.

Will formatting a memory stick properly delete any documents on it so they can't be recovered?  I've tried using the shredder thing Simon Pieman put up a few months ago but it doesn't begin the process with the memory stick.

Cheers in advance.

[Barry Scott]

No, you will need to use a shredder for it to be unrecoverable. You could try Eraser. It's simply right click and choose erase. Or at least it was when I used to use it.

http://eraser.heidi.ie/

[donkey]

Cheer Barry.  Looks like it should work but it says it is done with errors and that I should run it again as an administrator!  How the chuff does that work...it's my bloody computer!

[slinky]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

You could also use CCleaner (free download). In the tools section there is a drive wiper tool that will wipe the drive so nothing can be recovered.

CCleaner is also very useful for giving your system a quick tidy to delete all the crap that accumulates over time.

[Barry Scott]

Cheer Barry.  Looks like it should work but it says it is done with errors and that I should run it again as an administrator!  How the chuff does that work...it's my bloody computer!

I don't really know windows post XP, so I'm afraid I don't know how to do that.

This looks like it will help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html

[donkey]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

You could also use CCleaner (free download). In the tools section there is a drive wiper tool that will wipe the drive so nothing can be recovered.

CCleaner is also very useful for giving your system a quick tidy to delete all the crap that accumulates over time.

I always forget CCleaner has that function.  It looks like it'll work too, cheers.

[donkey]

I don't really know windows post XP, so I'm afraid I don't know how to do that.

This looks like it will help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11841-run-administrator.html

It may do.  I'll check it out on Sunday.  Ta.