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format software that uses DoD standards?

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wasssup

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Anyone know of format software that works under Vista, and does a "clean" wipe? I'm selling an external harddrive, that I used to backup pictures and store my old work stuff.

I found some DOS based tools, but they don't recognize the external usb harddrive...I *could* do a normal format but I wanted to use something more secure (my car was stolen 2 weeks ago with all my bank paperwork, that was a mess, I just don't want to deal with anymore bs so I want to play everything safe)
 
Ztree's latest works fine under Vista, and has the DOD wipe/wash capability. BTW - that is not done by format - it is a separate program that writes about three layers of zeros across the entire drive.

Z
 
So what's wrong with...

C:\>cipher /w:c:

?

It's a three-pass write to all open areas of the disk, one pass using 0's, one pass using 1's, and then a final pass using random numbers. That's DOD 5220.22-M compliant as far as I know, and its included with XP. I have a cmd script scheduled that runs this every morning at 4:00 AM. Takes about an hour.
 
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