Boot from a linux CD/Floppy so that you can get to a shell, then issue the following command: yes "GARBAGE" | dd of/dev/hda bs=1024k > /dev/null 2>&1 This will write the characters GARBAGE, repeated accross the whole disk If you repeat this with different strings, you get more security. Mark. P.S. If you want a full script to do this and ask you nice questions (like which drive, what pattern etc), give me a buzz. On Monday, October 01, 2001 6:22 PM, Henderson, Pete [SMTP:pete.hendersonat_private] wrote: > I am looking for a utility that I could use to wipe hard drives using > a boot > disk. To completely overwrite the entire drive, I would need to boot > to a > different device. Correct? If I slave a hard drive and boot to the > master, > doesn't Windows still create a recycle bin on the slave? Would > mounting it > with Linux be a better solution? Which Linux program works best? > > I am only looking to delete company data, not classified....I know > about the > NISPOM specs. > > > Pete Henderson > > pete.hendersonat_private > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. > For more information on this free incident handling, management > and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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