I do not think you are defeating anything putting a ghost image back on. We also use Killdisk for our Sata Drives we have a hardware device for the IDE Drives. These programs and devices make it harder to recover old data. I have heard the data can be written over 7 or more times and still be recovered under the right circumstances.
Complying with the Auditors usually makes you life easier. I would continue to do this unless you come up with something better, and by better I would say maybe more secure like a 7 or more times wipe. Or just remove and destroy the drive. At the current price of new drives it would be almost cheaper to replace the drive with a new one rather than taking the time to wipe 3+ times. -----Original Message----- From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: KillDisk and Symantec Ghost? I have KillDisk and run it three times on a machine. (Free version) Then I ghost an image onto the machine. Am I defeating the KillDisk by using the ghosted image of an old machine or could I even reimage the machine after KillDisking and Ghosting the old image to create a new KillDisked/Ghosted machine? I am wanting to comply with auditors on wiping the drive at least three times and putting XP pro back on the machine using a ghosted image. Any recommendations? IT works, but keeping IT working is the hard part. Automation is great, until it breaks. ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
