[dba-Tech] Wiping ALL data from a hard drive

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Wed May 25 10:39:43 CDT 2005


If you have a PC Magazine Utilities Subscription you could use their
SHRED 2 program to write over stuff before reformatting.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,13352,00.asp

If you don't already have a subscription it may be worthwhile - it's
not that expensive and they have lots of valuable utilities available.


On 5/25/05, Jeff Barrows <Jeff at outbaktech.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a quick, easy, inexpensive way to wipe ALL data from a hard drive.  A local non-profit business has recently replaced their hardware and wants to be sure that their data on the old machines is not retrievable by anyone before they dispose of them.  I could format each hard drive, but I was wondering if anyone here had a better idea.
> 
> TIA
> 
> 
> Jeff Barrows
> MCP, MCAD, MCSD
> 
> Outbak Technologies, LLC
> Racine, WI
> jeff at outbaktech.com
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