• Wiki Home
• Forum
• Search
• ntfsprogs manpages

• What is NTFS?
• How can I access NTFS?
  • The kernel driver
  • Userspace driver (ntfsmount)
  • Userspace tools (ntfsprogs)
• Current project status
• Other Documentation

• Downloads
• Development
• RedHat/Fedora
• About us

~~CLOUD:30~~

ntfswipe is a ntfsprogs tool for removing unneeded data from an NTFS file system.

You can use it to make sure you the data of an erased file is no longer there (note: there may be physical ways to restore that data! use it on your own risk). It also fills the unused spaces with zeros, so you can use it before backing up the file system, so it will compress better (you don't need that if you are using ntfsclone).

Broken

• Wipe directory indexes. (The -d switch)
• The NTFS journal. (The -l switch)
• Unused MFT space. (The -m switch)
• The Windows pagefile. (The -p switch)
• Space beyond the file ends. (The -t switch)
• Unused clusters. (The -u switch)
• All of the above. (The -a switch or -dlmptu)