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Any user friendly Hard Drive erase utilities?
Jdurg:
Or really powerful electromagnet that will wipe off all magnetic differences on the drive.
knave:
I would pretty mich like to stick with something that used the DOD compliant method.
I think it writes all 0's then 1's then 0's again.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 29, 2008, 01:11:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on February 29, 2008, 12:26:50 pm --- You know the kind, you've got 30 seconds to delete things UNRETRIEVEABLY before the men at the door break it down.
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I would think at that point you'd want an external solution. A self destruct button. I've seen law enforcement's undelete utils... let's just say they are more powerful than most would think. The only way to be 100% certain is to destroy the platters. Think small explosive charge or acid.
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Thermite.
http://digg.com/comedy/Kevin_Rose_blowing_a_hard_drive_apart_with_thermite?t=2215226
EDit: DBAN on the DOD-Short sequence (3 overwrites) seems to take an hour or so for an average sized 200G drive.
Perhaps those with things they need to worry about getting rid of quickly should try a solution like TrueCrypt.
http://www.truecrypt.org/
ChadTower:
Smash it into a Nintendo joystick.
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on February 29, 2008, 02:56:38 pm ---Smash it into a Nintendo joystick.
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Nope. Not gonna take the bait. ;D
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