Learn to use the cipher utility with confidence. This Daily Drill Down walks you through using every cipher switch and shows you exactly what happens in the real world when you use these switches.

if you think emptying the recycling bin deletes your files, you're mistaken. The file isn't actually gone; it's still sitting on your drive, fully intact, just waiting to be overwritten. So if you've ...

I suppose you could boot something like Hiren's Boot CD and use a utility there. I am unsure if SSDs need wiping to the extent that magnetic disks do, but look for a utility from the maker of the SSD, ...