All you need is a boot disk (I don't care what kind of PC OS - but Mac don't get it!) with Dan Mares Declasfy program on the boot disk and you are good to go. It's simple and easy to use, and will write either random characters 1X across the entire physical disk starting at 0/0/1(the default), or what ever character you specify and as many passes as you'd like go to www.dmares.com for details $0.02 aus Dave Ausdenmoore 513.946.6688 (office) 1000 Sycamore St. Rm 110 513.470.0986 (cellular) Cincinnati, Oh 45202 513.269.1336 (pager) daussieat_private (personal) 513.946.6690 (fax) aussieat_private (business) "....maybe you just wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the case, consider the message received. And take this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know what we're capable of. You don't know what you just started. But you're about to learn." Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald on the Attack on America ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henderson, Pete" <pete.hendersonat_private> To: <forensicsat_private> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:21 PM Subject: Securely Wiping a Hard Drive > 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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