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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: DaveLembke on June 26, 2009, 09:47:03 AM
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Looking for a way to destroy data on a 160GB external Hard drive and then format it to give to a friend. This drive has had confidential info on it and I want to make sure that data can not be undeleted from it.
A format is not good enough and I am looking for a utility that will write to every block on the hard drive as say 11111111111111111..... to stomp out any remnants of what use to exist there. Then format the hard drive as 0000000000... etc and partition table created etc in the mbr.
Any suggestions for a good software app to do this to the hard drive?
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Won't deleting the partitions and reformatting take care of that?
However, I do recommend Darik's Boot & Nuke (http://www.dban.org/download) for this sort of thing. Darik's will operate under multiple operating systems.
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DaveLembke, There are many software programs to do this. Here is but one (and it's a free one). truenorth
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
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However, I do recommend Darik's Boot & Nuke (http://www.dban.org/download) for this sort of thing.
Used it on the weekend for the same issue......3 passes of 0s' ...took 45 minutes......used by RCMP and Canadian government.
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used by RCMP and Canadian government.
So it only does half a job eh?
;D
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Quantos, Seems to be a high level of knowledge on the subject being expressed the "Canadian " aspect i mean. ;) truenorth
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Yeah, I'm really glad I was born here. I'm a staunch believer that people don't pay enough taxes in other countries.
I think you just witnessed me losing my mind...
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Darik's is the one...
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So it only does half a job eh?
Yes, Darik's is excellent. The above was an attempt at humor, please don't take that as a review.
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Also most drive manuf. FREE diagnostic software will write all o's to the drive as well...
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Yeah, I'm really glad I was born here. I'm a staunch believer that people don't pay enough taxes in other countries.
I think you just witnessed me losing my mind...
I, on the other hand, can't but ponder how I can possibly be living in Canada and yet get bills for my "free" health care. Really, it's a thinly disguised tax. I mean, really, they get over 250 dollars a month from me in federal taxes, and I can only assume millions of others... obviously, some of this goes back to the province, and of course there is PST and so forth, and yet they assume they can start mailing these bills to people, saying it's a "mandatory" health insurance premium. I mean, seriously, *censored* kind of BS is that? Anyway, it was fun. I stopped paying it- and they started phoning me. most people just don't answer the phone, I on the other hand saw an oppurtunity for fun, and I couldn't help myself. Anyway, they were awfully rude before I even applied my nonsensical wit. they started saying they could take it from my bank accounts and so forth. I laughed right back. Anyway, after some minutes of clever insults, it usually ended up calling their mother names. you know, stuff like, "I saw a giant, 40 foot tall garden tool one day... that was the biggest hoe I'd seen until I met your mom" type stuff.
Long story short, they quit phoning me for some reason. Well, there goes my free entertainment. Oddly enough I still have federal medical coverage, which is the way it's always been anyway.
I'll be quiet now. heh.
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Now you're on the "List" ... BC .....federally and provincially........have you flown lately?...You might be on that other list...... ;D
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BC...have you considered running for Office ? ?
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You have to cheat on your spouse. It's become a requirement for office down here in the States. :P
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"I did not have relations with that woman."
"Monica Lewinsky?"
"what? I thought you were talkiing about Hillary, har har har"
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I, on the other hand, can't but ponder how I can possibly be living in Canada and yet get bills for my "free" health care.
Move to AB, we don't pay provincial health care here.
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heh, yeah.
I was born in Edmonton, AB, in fact.
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I was born in Edmonton, AB, in fact.
I knew there was a reason you're so darned likable. :D