Quoting Anders Johansson
On Monday 06 December 2004 16:16, Brad Bourn wrote:
Is there a simple command I can run to make sure that the data on the drive after I delete the source code dir is completely gone?
You might want to have a look at 'wipe', which is on your CDs/DVD. But note that nothing will completely delete your data if someone with enough money wants to get at it. You'd have to physically destroy the drive to ensure it properly
This is mostly a theoretical objection. After running wipe on a disk with multiple passes, both random and static, it will take the resources of a country or major corporation to recover the data. If your employer allowed you to take the disk out of a secure, shielded area, either it isn't valuable enough to worry about someone circumventing wipe, or some one was fooling themselves of the threat, or you would have been relieved of the computer at gunpoint, or the data has already been copied while you were sleeping or elsewhere. There are services that will cut up a drive in two or more pieces for $20, IIRC. Jeffrey