On Friday 04 March 2005 23:36, Jean-Francois Laforest wrote: > The final solution is to heat your hard drive. You will be 100 % > certain about loss of your valuable data.
Quite interesting, actually - I had the unfortunate encounter of having to format and re-install Windows 2000 Server on some box. I'd backed up everything (since all important stuff isn't [conveniently] stored on C:>), except the documents, as they are stored on C:> by evil default (bloody Windows). Anyway, after the formating, installing and restoring, is when I realised the documents were munged... but not to worry, recalling this list + a very neat utility I have called EasyRecovery, I managed to recover all the documents off the C:> partition, which was now loaded with the newly reinstalled OS. Mind you, nothing was harmed during the restoration of deleted material on the active C:>. It's like the files never left the damn place :). You think you know a 'format' command... Mark. > > > On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 05:47:18 -0800 (PST), Alex Mbaziira > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You dont know how easy u've made my assignment :-) > > This saves me alot of hussle freeware and trialwarer. > > Thanks! > > > > --- Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > http://www.onlamp.com/pub/wlg/6592 > > > Bruce Schneier has linked to yet another study that > > > shows that people > > > don't securely delete data from drives before > > > selling them. This group > > > purchased 111 supposedly clean hard drives and > > > recovered a lot of > > > sensitive information including "national insurance > > > numbers, evidence > > > of a married womanÃââs affair and detailed > > > biographical information about > > > children." I think the major issue is that your > > > common guy thinks that > > > formatting the drive is the solution to erase data, > > > and anything more > > > sophisticated than that is too difficult or > > > expensive. Here I'll show > > > you how to easily shred a drive using free Open > > > Source tools. > > > > > > "The basic problem with a regular format of a hard > > > drive, is that it > > > generally doesn't actually go back and scramble all > > > of the data... > > > > > > **************** > > > ***************************** > > > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network > > > Consultancy### > > > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & > > > Internet Solutions# > > > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > > > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > > > Tel: +256 77 972255 > > > +256 71 221141 > > > Fax: +256 31 262122 > > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) > > > > iD8DBQFCKB0Y6oXqh9gLHWwRAu2BAJ9nsHmYlXGiTP0wIovN9f1iS1YdSwCdFFLA > > > > > 6O0Cd3Fs6HE/nPfPpqjzoL8= > > > =H+v0 > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > __________________________________ > > Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! > > Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web > > http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
