On Thursday 05 August 2004 11:36 am, Tony S. Sykes wrote: > I can't remember where I read it, but the securest way to wipe the data is > to put random data in each bit, you need to do this numerous time to get to > each standard, one standard is 30 another 60 times (not sure the correct > amount of times). The reason you use random data is due to the way the bit > does not totally lose 0 or 1. This obviously takes a lot longer than 30 to > 60 formats. These tools no doubt give you these options, but the securest > way is to put magnetic iron filings on the drive, but that is not a > definitive way, just a quick way.
Which still begs the question. Who wrote that, and how do they know? I mean, have they actually tested it, do they have equipment necessary to perform advanced data recovery, etc? I actually think that the securest way to wipe data is to drill open the hard drive, grind the platters down to dust and then melt the entire thing in a blast furnace, but again, I haven't ever tested that method against data recovery methods, so I wouldn't want to say for sure. -- Bryan Phinney
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