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

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 o

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

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 receiv

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

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, 20

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

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 Ma

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

> 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 click"Options" > 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 > dat

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

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...

JML --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Alex Barnes wrote: From: Alex Barnes 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 a PeeCee. On Mar 13,

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

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,

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

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,

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

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Yersinia 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 it's a waste of time and e

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

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 prin

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

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 i

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

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 ch

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

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. On Mar 12, 10:14 am, Dan wrote: > I was reading this: > > > and ende

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

- Original Message > From: Dan > I was reading this: > >> > > and ended up watching this: > > > oh my. > First shed it then smelt the rem

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

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 most

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

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 wa

When you really need to erase data...

I was reading this: and ended up watching this: oh my. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because