[ale] Re: Drive Erasure

[jdonline at gmail.com (J. D.)]

Darik's boot and nuke is nice for a secure nonrecoverable wipe.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dban/

Best regards,

J. D.

On 7/1/05, David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> wrote:
> I've got a drive that has to go back to the manufacturer.  It's not dead
> yet, 
> though it's dying.  What's the best way to erase it?
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx 
> 
> is what comes to my mind?  Is there a better way?
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