Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-21 Thread Ralph Green
Howdy, I would not be shocked. I always setup the browser to not save any of that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords, either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. Good luck, Ralph On Mon,

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-21 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 21, 2011, at 5:58 AM, Ralph Green wrote: And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. Because the Web circa 1993 was SO great -- Bruce Johnson Wherever you go, there you are B. Banzai, PhD -- You received

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-21 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/03/21 06:58, Ralph Green so eloquently wrote: I always setup the browser to not save any of that stuff. That is really the best way. Don't remember passwords, either. And, it should go without saying that javascript is to be disabled, but I'll say it because it is so important. One

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-14 Thread Jonas Lopez
--- On Sun, 3/13/11, Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com Subject: Re: When you really need to erase data... To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 8:31 PM Disk Utility in Mac OS X does the same thing (zeroing out drives) but you don't need

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 14, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote: User IDs, passwords, codes, all kinds of things you did not know your browser has hid not only as cookies, and passwords, but also as Form History that you can NOT GET TO unless you use this EXTENSION: (This is NOT a Plugin) Tools Clear

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-14 Thread Brian Kemp
D-BAN is great for Windoze and Linux (my boyfriend has it for his Linux boxes).  However, OS X's Disk Utility offers -- if you clickOptions after you select Erase -- Zero Out, which writes zeroes all over the disk, plus two more called 7-Pass Erase and 35-Pass Erase, which write data to the

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-14 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 14, 2011, at 3:17 PM, Brian Kemp wrote: 2: I can't believe Apple put that in their software - there is *no need* to run Gutmann's 35-pass wipe from any tool on any drive you can put in a Mac, even ones with a Motorola 68k processor. There is no need to run antivirus software on a Mac

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-13 Thread faithie999
i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her clients. i found this program http://www.dban.org/Boot n Nuke which yes, is a DOS boot disc/DOD-level erasing program, but if you have a PC around you can install your old Mac HD into it and when Boot n Nuke starts you can

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-13 Thread Yersinia
On 3/13/11 7:19 AM, faithie999 wrote: i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her clients. i found this program http://www.dban.org/Boot n Nuke which yes, is a DOS boot disc/DOD-level erasing program, but if you have a PC around you can install your old Mac HD into it

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-13 Thread Dan
At 9:01 PM -0800 3/12/2011, Robert MacLeay wrote: One cannot help wondering about the size of the market for machines designed to shred 19,000 hard drives over the course of an eight hour day. Every day. High cycle capability simply means that the machine is sturdy, really. Like business

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-13 Thread iJohn
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Yersinia yersi...@myfairpoint.net wrote: However, if I was going to sell my hard drives, I would definitely 35-Pass erase them first. Well, if it makes you feel better and you've got the time for it, then why not? But my purely personal point of view is that

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-13 Thread Alex Barnes
Disk Utility in Mac OS X does the same thing (zeroing out drives) but you don't need a PeeCee. On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:19 AM, faithie999 wrote: i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her clients. i found this program http://www.dban.org/Boot n Nuke which yes, is a

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-13 Thread Alex Barnes
Disk Utility in Mac OS X does the same thing (zeroing out drives) but you don't need a PeeCee. On Mar 13, 2011, at 5:19 AM, faithie999 wrote: i rebuild old PC's and give them to a social worker to give to her clients. i found this program http://www.dban.org/Boot n Nuke which yes, is a

When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-12 Thread Dan
I was reading this: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/five-ways-to-intentionally-destroy-your-data/3848 and ended up watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm36fcYCOc oh my. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-12 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
Hi, Dan ~ I've got my G4 733mHz desktop Mac still, partly out of sentimentality and esthetics (this is Apple's second most beautiful machine case ever IMHO). But I'll be honest, I kinda don't want to let the data out of my sight :@D Liked the Youtube video, that's what I need. Well, I

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-12 Thread Dan
At 3:42 PM -0500 3/12/2011, Anne Keller-Smith wrote: What do y'all do when transferring a machine to new ownership? If I include a HD, I use Disk Utility re-partition the it into one volume, and zero it one or more times. One pass is good enough, really. More than that is overkill for

Re: When you really need to erase data...

2011-03-12 Thread glen
- Original Message From: Dan dantear...@gmail.com I was reading this: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/datacenter/five-ways-to-intentionally-destroy-your-data/3848 and ended up watching this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTm36fcYCOc oh my. First shed it then smelt