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What is good (really good) data wipe software?
5 April 2011
| Mene
Posted on 04/05/2011 7:34:35 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Trying to find out which software is actually good data wipe software to clean up a hard drive for installation of new OS.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cleanup; datawipe; harddrive; software
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Thanks in advance.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:36:04 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("...crush the bourgeoisie... between the millstones of taxation and inflation." --Vladimir Lenin)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Will you be needing to use that drive again?
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:36:39 PM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Hook it up to a linux box and run dd several times or run ‘wipe’. You can just boot linux from any one of several stand-alone packages such as Fedora-15-Alpha-i686-Live.
Of course the Great Google has all the examples and guides one could ever need on the above software.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
If you are just install a new OS it is not necessary to wipe a disk.
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:44:30 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(I am still looking for that box I am supposed to think out of.)
To: theBuckwheat
Given the low cost on new drives
I would install on a new drive and
Use a drill on the old one
To: KoRn
Big ass hammer then toss it in the fire place
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:46:54 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom!!! <sarc>)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Are you looking for something to wipe out a particular program/programs or something to cleanse the entire drive? Makes a difference.
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:53:47 PM PDT
by
doc1019
( The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:57:53 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(Islam, mortal enemy of the free world)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
04/05/2011 7:58:57 PM PDT
by
keat
To: ThomasThomas
Concur. Just format the disk and do the new install. Most of those cleaner programs are for when you want to throw an old drive away and don’t want anything pulled off the drive.
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:00:47 PM PDT
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Here's one from my alma mater. The page has links to the utility and documentation, including a paper on disk drive data sanitation. It runs the Secure Erase command (NIST 800-88) in the ATA ANSI standard, which is implemented in all PATA and SATA drives built since 2001. You might need to enable SATA compatibility mode in your BIOS first.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:32:04 PM PDT
by
FortWorthPatriot
(Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics!)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Back in the day there used to be a program called “government wipe” and it meant what it sounds like. I don’t know if it is still around or not, but it took everything off and made it impossible for anyone to recover the old data.
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:32:15 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I concur. Download DBAN (Dban.org), boot and your all your disks will get wiped irretrievably.
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:33:25 PM PDT
by
FrogBurger
(Always compare news articles from different sources. When they fully agree, you can be sure it's BS.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I always like >format c: [enter]
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:33:46 PM PDT
by
Crapgame
(What should be taught in our schools? American Exceptionalism, not cultural Marxism...)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
I don’t know if it will run on OS after XP, but Sure Delete, a freeware program, had three methods of erasure by overwriting files. Quick wipe, Dept of Defense method, and the maximum overwrite (24 times).
It is easy to use and works.
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:40:20 PM PDT
by
wildbill
(You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
CCleaner is free and it will wipe all the way to Gutman, if you think it needs it. That’s 35 passes. I think NSA, 7 passes, is sufficient.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
10 years in tech support : Boot n nuke and it’s free
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:46:16 PM PDT
by
Robe
(Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)
To: Pelham
Love that Darik’s Boot and Nuke! Even the name is good....
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posted on
04/05/2011 8:46:36 PM PDT
by
PAMadMax
(Islam is a disease....)
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