Re: "Secure Delete" for Windows?

["Bradley, Stephen W. Mr." <bradlesw () MUOHIO EDU>]

I use eraser as well and it does the job for me.






If I have to erase the entire drive I use Secure Erase

http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml


It uses the actual code built into disk drives for the last eight or so years and it is a lot faster than using other 
wiping programs.  If you do use a wiping program you don't have to do anything more than 1-pass writes.  The density of 
the drives and recording formats virtually eliminate data recovery after writing over the drive one time.


Steve

Stephen W. Bradley SSCP GCIH GCFA CISSP
Network Security Specialist
Miami University
Security Engineering
Computing & Communication Services
513-529-8129
bradlesw () muohio edu




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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] "Secure Delete" for Windows?

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On 02/25/2009 02:32 PM, Allison Dolan wrote:
| What you have found for the PC that is functionally similar, is easy to
| install/use, and is free or low cost?

Allison,

        For Windows, I really like Eraser.  Does what I need and is free.  For
Linux, I use shred for individual files and Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
for whole disk wiping.

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

Thanks,
Brian

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