Re: OT - Wipers

["Raybo" <rlewis@dtnspeed.net>]

I agree with Robert about booting to a just about any of the bootable 
distro's out there but sometime you have an old pc that won't read CD-R's. 
You can use Darik's Boot and Nuke

 Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that 
securely
 wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and 
completely
 delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an
 appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

Nice little utility when you come across an old box that needs the hard 
drives wiped or if you want to wipe several hard drives at once. I have an 
old pc, with the cover off, that I will hook up four hard drives, boot to 
the floppy and it will wipe all of them simultaneously.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JohnH" <pctech@htc.net>
To: <silug-discuss@silug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 11:55 PM
Subject: OT - Wipers


>I have a Windows program called BC Wipe. It is suposed to wipe the files 
>(or HD) to government standards.
> First could this statment true and second, is there a Linux type wiper?
> Also, exactly how does a wiper work?
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