Be careful when using Windows-based wiping tools. When I was evaluating them (PGP included), I found that if I partitioned the drive, put data on, repartitioned the drive, and tried wiping it, there was often data left in the partition slacks that wasn't even touched. The only way I've found to wipe the entire drive and be fairly certain that I didn't miss anything is to use Linux and one of the wiping tools for it (I think it was actually called wipe). When I did an analysis of the drive after that, I saw that all areas that my tools could see had been written to. Jon -----Original Message----- From: Garzona, Harry [mailto:GarzoHaat_private] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 8:35 AM To: 'charles.kiplingerat_private'; 'forensicsat_private' Subject: RE: Securely Wiping a Hard Drive I have used NAI's PGP Suite which includes a disk wipe utility which will perform as many passes as you tell it to. I know it's free for personal use and I'm pretty sure it's around $50 for the full suite. Harry A Garzona Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Sent from Handheld _______________________ Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments may be legally privileged and confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and permanently delete the e-mail and any attachments immediately. You should not retain, copy or use this e-mail or any attachment for any purpose, nor disclose all or any part of the contents to any other person. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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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