[ale] Need an iso to wipe hard drives.

[Richard Faulkner]

IBM has a data destruction .iso I've used a few times if you're looking
for a heavy-lifting solution to totally destroy all bits on a disk.
Sorry I don't have a like for it right now -- will see if I can find it.
Otherwise couldn't you use Gparted for basic disk maintenance from a
Live CD?

-----Original Message-----
From: krwatson at cc.gatech.edu
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To: ale at ale.org
Subject: Re: [ale] Need an iso to wipe hard drives.
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2010 10:07:17 -0400


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
> Payne
> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2010 09:56
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: [ale] Need an iso to wipe hard drives.
> 
> Guys,
> 
> I am looking for iso, that I use to use for wiping hard drive. Does
> anyone know a name of one. I thought it was somehting DD. not the
> command dd of unix.
> 
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Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN")
http://www.dban.org/

DBAN will not wipe sectors that have been reallocated however, Secure Erase will. This only works on IDE and SATA dirves.
http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml

keith




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