Darik's Boot and Nuke is a good projects for wiping. http://www.dban.org/
On 12/16/2009 10:49 AM, Grant wrote: > I'm about to sell my old laptop and I'd like to wipe out the data and > install any flavor of Linux via USB (the CD drive doesn't work any > more). I've got a bootable USB key that will get me into Gentoo. How > would you take it from there? I'm looking for something quick and > easy. My data isn't too sensitive, but I'd like to do some type of > wiping so it isn't all just sitting there with a deleted flag or > however that works. > > - Grant >
