The utility I used did 4 swipes using one of the military standard procedures. Took a couple of hours or so. cristy wrote: > Thanks Don, > > I may just d/l the free bc wipe program again if it is still available. I > assume it would be as good as other free ones out there. Do you do the 7 > times (swaps) or whatever you call it. I recall it took forever before when > I used it years ago. My router is up and running by the way. Thank you for > all of your help. > > christy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------