How could someone access the information if you just reformat the hard drive? Especially if you reformat it to a different file system like NTFS?
Matt -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Thornock Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 10:09 AM To: BYU Unix Users Group Subject: Re: [uug] Scrub the hard Drive clean One of the things that Eraser will do for you is create a DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke) boot disk. Of course, you can also download a floppy image or an iso from dban.sourceforge.net, as someone else already pointed out. There are several ways to wipe a hard drive (you might, for instance, boot Knoppix and run "shred /dev/hda" -- I've used that one before and it works fairly well). DBAN is probably the easiest method around, and it's secure enough for anyone who doesn't need to grind the platters into dust or melt them down :) - Gary --- John Noll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to sell my laptop, and would like to scrub the Hard Drive > clean; so my personal files, financial data, etc. are not recoverable > to the new owner. Is there a good utility to use to scrub a hard > drive clean, so the data is not recoverable? Would Eraser work? I'm > trying to figure out a utility that is running on an OS could delete > that OS. Ummmh? > > Anyway, any pointers? > > thanks, > > john ===== PGP Key ID: 071B173D Fingerprint: ED30 B048 6833 56B4 28C0 CE52 F12B 884A 071B 173D __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list ______________________________________ Inflex Virus Scanner - installed on mailserver for domain @et.byu.edu Queries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
