Re: RE: Suggestions on free XP hard drive wiping utilities?

[Stevie A Jones <stevie_jones () med unc edu>]

@Active's Killdisk (the licensed version) works in a similar fashion.  
The first pass is all 0's, the second all 1's, and the last pass writes 
random data. 

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Funderburk <robfunderburk () comcast net>
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:39 pm
Subject: RE: Suggestions on free XP hard drive wiping utilities?

> One guy that I work with from time to time told me about a utility 
> he used
> to wipe hard drives for a government job.  It was called Triple 
> Erase.  It
> makes 3 passes over the entie disk.  On the first pass it writes 
> all 0's,
> then it writes all 1's and on the third pass it writes all 0's 
> again.  Now,
> if there is a way to recover the data on the disk after that, I 
> would like
> to see someone do it.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hendren [mailto:jhendren () hotpop com] 
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 10:13 PM
> To: 'Champion, Steve'; security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Suggestions on free XP hard drive wiping utilities?
>
>
> I like Eraser, it does a better job than many others I have tried. 
> It
> can 'erase' ntfs alternate data streams, swap file, cluster tips 
> and its
> easy to use. It's thorough and now open source too.
> http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/
> Although, if your going to throw them away anyway...the most 
> secure and
> fun method involves sledge hammers and other blunt force 
> instruments. ;)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Champion, Steve [mailto:SChampion () tmh tmc edu] 
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:34 PM
> To: 'security-basics () securityfocus com'
> Subject: Suggestions on free XP hard drive wiping utilities?
>
>
> > Would someone please throw out a URL and suggestions for free 
> Windows 
> > XP, hard drive wiping utility's?  Something that will wipe a 
> drive to
> a
> > machine that's going to be donated or thrown away?   
> >
> > Preferably something thorough?
> >
> > Thank You
> > Steve Champion
> > Sr. Data Security Analyst
> > The Methodist Hospital.
> > schampion () tmh tmc edu