Safe destruction of data?

[mikeloaf]

We all know that format doesnt delete data beyond recovery. I am collecting some old systems from company who want confirmation that all hard dirsks have been wiped beyond data recovery.

Can anyone suggest a good util for doing this? I dont want to sign to say the data has gone if it hasnt gone for sure!

Cheers

Mike

 

[chiph]

Can anyone suggest a good util for doing this?

A sledgehammer works well. Or a .357 Magnum.

If you intend to sell the systems afterwards... the above methods tend to reduce their value a bit. But they're effective.

You might take a look at:

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/sdelete.shtml

It implements the Department of Defense 5220.22-M standard, which dictates how to securely overwrite sensitive data.

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

is interesting, too.

Chip H.


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[carrr]

You might also have a look at this:

http://www.killdisk.com/

 

[pansophic]

I always liked WipeDrive from Access Data.

http://www.accessdata.com/

Or take a look at these forensics sites:

http://computerforensics.99er.net/

http://www.opensourceforensics.org/

http://www.linux-forensics.com/

http://www.e-evidence.info/index.html

pansophic

 

[diogenes10]

This is not something I've used, I found it while organizing some files this morning.

http://members.aol.com/programmers/nfinfo.htm