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Software to completely wipe a disk

G

Goi

Diamond Member
Hi,

I'm looking for a software that securely erases every sector of a disk, either multiple passes, or some pseudorandom data, or both. It needs to be in a bootable disk(floppy/CDROM) since it will be used on a laptop. I've found many that does erase but didn't find any that comes with a boot disk option.

Preferably freeware/open source too.

Thanks!
 
dban - http://dban.sourceforge.net/

Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk 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.
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Thanks, I actually discovered DBAN after some googling, and got it to work. I've tried DoD-short and PRNG methods, but both seem to yield about a 3MB/s throughput after a while. Is there any faster method that writes a single pass random/pseudorandom data to the entire disk?

Thanks!
 
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