Erasing Hard Drives.

dancorp · 13th March 2003, 9:32 AM

Does anyone have a linux boot disk image they can send me which does a secure Hard disk erase?

I am after a free solution, as most of the commerical packages charge you for this. I would like boot off a floppy and specify the amount of Passes to permanently erase the Hard drive.

Any help would me much appreciated

Kind regards

Dan

star882 · 13th March 2003, 11:03 AM

Have another HD to boot and run the system, then type "cat /dev/zero > [dev path of HD to be erased]" as root.

gaving · 13th March 2003, 8:14 PM

I've found Dariks boot and nuke simple to use. Only problem is it is rather slow as it does a large number of passes.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

dancorp · 14th March 2003, 7:26 AM

thanks very much I love you all

iconoclast · 15th March 2003, 2:44 PM

go to the disk manufacturers website and download their utilities and do a low level format

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13th March 2003, 9:32 AM	#1
dancorp Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: King James Bible 1611 AV Posts: 755	Erasing Hard Drives. Does anyone have a linux boot disk image they can send me which does a secure Hard disk erase? I am after a free solution, as most of the commerical packages charge you for this. I would like boot off a floppy and specify the amount of Passes to permanently erase the Hard drive. Any help would me much appreciated Kind regards Dan __________________ So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

13th March 2003, 11:03 AM	#2
star882 Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 249	Have another HD to boot and run the system, then type "cat /dev/zero > [dev path of HD to be erased]" as root. __________________ TCPA would take your freedom! Say NO! http://www.againsttcpa.com/ "How many Britney CPUs does it take to render Fear Factor at 500FPS?" - Jonathan Reider

13th March 2003, 8:14 PM	#3
gaving Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 131	I've found Dariks boot and nuke simple to use. Only problem is it is rather slow as it does a large number of passes. http://dban.sourceforge.net/ __________________ "Weaseling out of things is important to learn its what seperates us from the animals...........Except the Weasel."

14th March 2003, 7:26 AM	#4
dancorp Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: King James Bible 1611 AV Posts: 755	thanks very much I love you all __________________ So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

15th March 2003, 2:44 PM	#5
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