Moulton is also the guy that pointed me at MHDD. :) I'd take his SANS class, if only work would pay for it. :)
Adrian On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Dave Hull <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Adrian Crenshaw<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > [snip] > > The tool HDDErase from > http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml > > is often mentioned as being capable of doing this, but it fails on most > of > > my hardware. I've had better luck with MHDD > > (http://hddguru.com/content/en/software/2005.10.02-MHDD/). MHDD says > it's > > using BIOS functions, but does this mean that MHDD is doing an "enhanced > > secure erase" like HDDErase? As in, is it also wiping remapped blocks? > > According to the docs on the web site for the tool, it can and will > use the BIOS level secure erase function unless you tell it not to. > Given that, I'd say yes, it's wiping bad sectors too since that's a > feature of the BIOS level secure erase. > > Thanks for the link, I have used the first tool before but hadn't > heard about this hddguru.com version. It would be nice if BIOS > manufacturers would just include this as an option in the BIOS menu. > > As for being faster than DBAN, oh yeah, according to Moulton the ATA > command can wipe a 500GB drive in 2.5 hours. I haven't had to wipe > anything that large yet. > > -- > Dave Hull > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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