+1 for Eraser -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:02 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Windows based secure disk eraser
On 23 Sep 2008 at 10:59, Oliver Marshall wrote: > Hi gang, > > Does anyone have any recommendations of a secure disk erasing package > for Windows? We currently use DBAN for erasing disks, which is fine > where the disks are in the workstations or servers (we use it to wipe > machines before giving them to charities etc) however, when we just > have a hard disk its more of a problem as we mainly use laptops. > > I'm after something that will let me slap the disks in to a USB/e-sata > caddy and then wipe them to at least DoD standards, and ideally with a > similar number of options to DBAN. > > So far the only one I can find that looks reliably...errrr...reliable > is Active@ KILL! (love the name). > > Any others? The Screen Savers! - Thermite PC http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4147847319296070400&q=techtv+thermi te I think this one might do the trick: Eraser | Heidi - Internet Security and Privacy http://www.heidi.ie/node/6 >From the page: Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 2003 Server and DOS. Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License. The patterns used for overwriting are based on Peter Gutmann's paper "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" and they are selected to effectively remove magnetic remnants from the hard drive. Other methods include the one defined in the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual of the US Department of Defence and overwriting with pseudorandom data. You can also define your own overwriting methods. -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.0/1685 - Release Date: 9/23/2008 7:38 AM ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
