Apart from the Swapfile and Media Player, what else can Windows reveal to a snooper?
Windows can store all sorts of information, such as the names of files recently opened, the names of Web sites you have visited and much more. If you have not previously used encryption and/or you have contentious material lying around in plaintext form in all sorts of supposedly hidden places on your system, my strong recommendation is to re-format your hard drive. Despite the format, the original data will still be there and may be recoverable. To minimize this risk, I suggest you run a free space wipe utility before re-installing all your programs. One such is Zapempty, which will run on Dos or NTFS. Zapempty is here: »www.sky.net/~voyageur/wipeutil.htm Assuming you have a clean system to start with, you can then proceed with creating your encrypted drives and sub-folders within those drives and finally installing all the programs you intend using. Most modern computers now allow you to boot directly from the CD-ROM. If this is the case (it is easily tested, just insert your Windows
