+1 for Eraser. I have the Portable Apps version on my thumbdrive. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Erik Goldoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +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/> ~ >
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