[plug] HDD Erasure

[Chris Watt]

Mainly its just clients who are paranoid about bank details etc. 
Mainly WinXP machines too, any Windows programs that will replace the
entire drive with blank data.  Several times? :P

~Chris



On 11/12/05, Tomasz Grzegurzko <tomasz_g at arach.net.au> wrote:
> cat /dev/random > /dev/hda
>
> Seems like a good way. But I think the general idea is to overwrite with
> something (or crap in this case) and that is usually enough for everyone
> but the NSA =)
>
> Tomasz
>
> Chris Watt wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Just curious if there is any way to seriously wipe a HDD beyond the
> > point of retreival by anyone?  As far as I'm aware it isn't possible
> > without the pysical destruction of the drive.  If someone knows of
> > something though?
> >
> > ~Chris
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