Re: how to sweep hard disk of confidential data
On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 16:10:39 -0600, Doug Holland <meldroc@frii.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 18 July 2004 11:52 am, Frank Gevaerts wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 01:02:17PM -0400, H. S. wrote:
> > Try http://dban.sourceforge.net/
>
> I second this suggestion. DBAN (short for Darik's Boot n' Nuke will wipe your
> hard disk to the point where only the NSA has any hope of recovering data.
I third this. I've donated a few systems to charity, and I've done
this every single time. If you're extremely paranoid, when you
dispose of the system, keep the hard drive. Replacement hard drives
aren't that expensive. eBay is your friend.
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