NAME<\/a> ntfswipe \u2212 overwrite unused space on an NTFS volume<\/p>\n ntfswipe<\/b> [options<\/i>] device<\/i><\/p>\n ntfswipe<\/b><\/i> clears all or part of unused space on an NTFS volume by overwriting with zeroes or random bytes.<\/p>\n Below is a summary of all the options that ntfswipe<\/b> accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by \u2212<\/b> and the long name is preceded by \u2212\u2212<\/b>. Any single letter options, that don\u2019t take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g. \u2212fv<\/b> is equivalent to \u2212f \u2212v<\/b>. Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. Wipe all unused space. This may take significant time. If the option \u2212\u2212unused-fast (or -U) is also present, the faster wiping method is used.<\/p>\n \u2212b<\/b>, \u2212\u2212bytes<\/b> BYTE-LIST<\/p>\n Define the allowed replacement bytes which are drawn randomly to overwrite the unused space. BYTE-LIST is a comma-separated list of values in range 0-255 expressed in octal, decimal or hexadecimal base.<\/p>\n \u2212c<\/b>, \u2212\u2212count<\/b> NUM<\/p>\n Define the number of times the unused space is to be overwritten. If both options \u2212\u2212bytes<\/b> and \u2212\u2212count<\/b> are set, the space is repeatedly overwritten this number of times by each of the values in the list.<\/p>\n \u2212d<\/b>, \u2212\u2212directory<\/b><\/p>\n Wipe all the directory indexes, which may contain names of deleted files.<\/p>\n \u2212f<\/b>, \u2212\u2212force<\/b><\/p>\n This will override some sensible defaults, such as not using a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.<\/p>\n \u2212h<\/b>, \u2212\u2212help<\/b><\/p>\n Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.<\/p>\n \u2212i<\/b>, \u2212\u2212info<\/b><\/p>\n Display details about unused space, without wiping anything.<\/p>\n \u2212l<\/b>, \u2212\u2212logfile<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the logfile (update journal).<\/p>\n \u2212m<\/b>, \u2212\u2212mft<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the unused space in the MFT (main file table, which contains the file names, and the contents of short files).<\/p>\n \u2212n<\/b>, \u2212\u2212no-action<\/b><\/p>\n Executes the wiping process without writing to device.<\/p>\n \u2212p<\/b>, \u2212\u2212pagefile<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the Windows swap space.<\/p>\n \u2212q<\/b>, \u2212\u2212quiet<\/b><\/p>\n Suppress some debug\/warning\/error messages.<\/p>\n \u2212s<\/b>, \u2212\u2212undel<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the space which had been allocated to a file which has been deleted recently and is still undeletable. This option is not compatible with \u2212\u2212bytes<\/b> and the replacement bytes are random ones or taken from a standard list.<\/p>\n \u2212t<\/b>, \u2212\u2212tails<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the space at the end of files which is unused, but allocated because the allocations are always done by full clusters.<\/p>\n \u2212u<\/b>, \u2212\u2212unused<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the space which is currently not allocated to any file (but may have been used in the past).<\/p>\n \u2212U<\/b>, \u2212\u2212unused-fast<\/b><\/p>\n Overwrite the space which is currently not allocated to any file, trying not to overwrite the space not written to since the previous wiping.<\/p>\n \u2212v<\/b>, \u2212\u2212verbose<\/b><\/p>\n Display more debug\/warning\/error messages. This option may be used twice to display even more messages.<\/p>\n \u2212V<\/b>, \u2212\u2212version<\/b><\/p>\n Show the version number, copyright and license of ntfswipe<\/b>.<\/p>\n Wipe out all unused space in an NTFS volume.<\/p>\n ntfswipe -a \/dev\/sda1<\/b><\/p>\n Wipe out all deleted file names from an NTFS volume.<\/p>\n ntfswipe -dms \/dev\/sda1<\/b><\/p>\n There are no known problems with ntfswipe<\/b>. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team: ntfswipe<\/b> was written by Richard Russon, Anton Altaparmakov and Yura Pakhuchiy. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.<\/p>\n
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