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Chapter 41 McAfee Total Protection 199
Shredding files, folders, and disks
Shredder ensures that the information contained in deleted files
and folders in your Recycle Bin and in your Temporary Internet
Files folder cannot be recovered, even with special tools. With
Shredder, you can specify how many times (up to 10) you want an
item to be shredded. A higher number of shredding passes
increases your level of secure file deletion.
Shred files and folders
You can shred files and folders from your computer's hard drive,
including items in your Recycle Bin and in your Temporary
Internet Files folder.
1 Open
Shredder.
How?
1. On the McAfee SecurityCenter pane, under
Common
Tasks, click Advanced Menu.
2. On the left pane, click
Tools.
3. Click
Shredder.
2 On the Shred files and folders pane, under
I want to, click
Erase files and folders.
3 Under Shredding Level, click one of the following shredding
levels:

Quick: Shreds the selected item(s) once.

Comprehensive: Shreds the selected item(s) 7 times.

Custom: Shreds the selected item(s) up to 10 times.
4 Click
Next.
5 Do one of the following:
 In the
Select file(s) to shred list, click either Recycle Bin
contents or Temporary Internet files.
 Click
Browse, navigate to the file that you want to shred,
select it, and then click
Open.
6 Click Next.
7 Click
Start.
8 When Shredder finishes, click
Done.
Note: Do not work with any files until Shredder has completed
the task.