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Re: [opensuse] scrathsing old harddisks
- From: Adam Jimerson <vendion@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:58:04 -0400
- Message-id: <200803261258.10395.vendion@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 11:00:40 am Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
CD ISO and Floppy. The bad thing about it is that its pretty much a waste of
a CD because its not even 3 MB, also I wouldn't call it easy its not very
well documented so it will take some time to figure out what it is doing.
The good thing is it can do anything from a quick wipe, one pass writing 0s
on the whole disk (Recommended for internal use only) to a Guttman wipe, 36
passes writing 0s (Most secure wipe it can do), I also beleave that you can
customize it to wipe as many times as you want it to.
Quoting Hans defaber <hans.defaber@xxxxxxxxx>:To do a whole harddisk I use Deriks Boot and Nuke, and it comes in two formats
What is the best (easiest) way to overwrite old harddisks with random
garbage ?
CD ISO and Floppy. The bad thing about it is that its pretty much a waste of
a CD because its not even 3 MB, also I wouldn't call it easy its not very
well documented so it will take some time to figure out what it is doing.
The good thing is it can do anything from a quick wipe, one pass writing 0s
on the whole disk (Recommended for internal use only) to a Guttman wipe, 36
passes writing 0s (Most secure wipe it can do), I also beleave that you can
customize it to wipe as many times as you want it to.
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