For wiping your hard drive which method is better?

[axemanxt40]

I'm pretty sure I got this pretty nasty virus on my PC and I got a wiping program that offers the Gutmann method, the Department of Defense 5220.22-M method, and two United States Navy wiping algorithms.

Anyone know which one of these is the best? I was unsure between the Department of Defense method and the Gutmann one. I know the Gutmann method takes a lot of time, but if its the best I don't care I want this thing gone!

So opinions?

 

[AthlonXP]

fdisk/format.com

 

[Viper96720]

I would say any would be fine.

 

[axemanxt40]

Errrrrr dude you said that same useless phrase in my other post!!!! Why not just say "bump" if your looking for post counts?


*Edit directed at Athlon*

 

[mcveigh]

http://dban.sourceforge.net/

simple and thorough

 

[oog]

Originally posted by: axemanxt40
Errrrrr dude you said that same useless phrase in my other post!!!! Why not just say "bump" if your looking for post counts?


*Edit directed at Athlon*

Depending on the virus, I would think that AthlonXP's answer is just fine. There are boot sector viruses, but you didn't say anything about that. Most viruses won't trouble you again if you just drop/recreate the partition and reformat the drive.