Comments on: Permanently Erasing Your Drive? A Single 0 Pass Is Enough http://www.pcmech.com/article/permanently-erasing-your-drive-a-single-0-pass-is-enough/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:37:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: 'ol geek http://www.pcmech.com/article/permanently-erasing-your-drive-a-single-0-pass-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20256 'ol geek Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:21:44 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9059#comment-20256 Both pros and cons to the article's premis. Depends on what and from whome you're trying to hide. Financial data gets the full treatment; not zeros but random data, for 5 cycles. Both pros and cons to the article’s premis. Depends on what and from whome you’re trying to hide. Financial data gets the full treatment; not zeros but random data, for 5 cycles.

]]> By: eli http://www.pcmech.com/article/permanently-erasing-your-drive-a-single-0-pass-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20244 eli Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:27:58 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9059#comment-20244 The county I work for wipes them, and then has the recycler we use drill them. This information, and what's in the linked article, is very interesting. Wiping a drive 7 times over 20 hours might just be overkill. However, TV crime dramas showing a hdd that's been through a firebombing, yielding pristine video footage to help the cops nail a criminal doesn't exactly paint a realistic picture for people. The county I work for wipes them, and then has the recycler we use drill them. This information, and what’s in the linked article, is very interesting. Wiping a drive 7 times over 20 hours might just be overkill. However, TV crime dramas showing a hdd that’s been through a firebombing, yielding pristine video footage to help the cops nail a criminal doesn’t exactly paint a realistic picture for people.

]]> By: Bundy http://www.pcmech.com/article/permanently-erasing-your-drive-a-single-0-pass-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20226 Bundy Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:38:23 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9059#comment-20226 I've always just used dban to quickly wipe my drives before I resell them or throw them away http://www.dban.org/ I’ve always just used dban to quickly wipe my drives before I resell them or throw them away http://www.dban.org/

]]> By: Linux & Lip Gloss http://www.pcmech.com/article/permanently-erasing-your-drive-a-single-0-pass-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20219 Linux & Lip Gloss Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:51:47 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9059#comment-20219 I concur. I concur.

]]> By: Dennis http://www.pcmech.com/article/permanently-erasing-your-drive-a-single-0-pass-is-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-20216 Dennis Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:09:29 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/?p=9059#comment-20216 I went to the web site in your past article but couldn't find where you actually download the UBCD, found a lot of others but not this one???..I'm confused, please help.. Thanks in advance Dennis I went to the web site in your past article but couldn’t find where you actually download the UBCD, found a lot of others but not this one???..I’m confused, please help..
Thanks in advance

Dennis

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