Re: Advice regarding servers and Wiping Drives after testing

[Steve Olive <steve () bathurstcomputers com au>]

On Wed, 5 Sep 2007 04:03:17 am Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
> On 2007-09-01 gjgowey () tmo blackberry net wrote:
> > A since pass with all zero's really won't protect your data from being
> > recovered by more advanced data recovery software let alone alone
> > hardware.
>
> I'd like to see a single case where someone was able to recover data
> from an overwritten harddisk, even after a single pass with zeroes.
>
> > Multiple passes isn't much better, but if that's all you got...
> >
> > You would be better off looking at better utilities if you really need
> > to keep the data from being recovered.
>
> Nonsense. If you're worried about the zeroes just replace /dev/zero with
> /dev/urandom. Your "better utilites" don't work any different from that.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers

Hi,

I'd say it is very possible, otherwise organisations would not be offering 
these services, with "No Fix, No Fee Policies", at confirmed prices. There 
are a number of testimonials from existing customers:

http://www.payam.com.au/hard-disk-data-recovery.htm

If this is possible in Australia, I'm sure that the rest of the world has 
access to similar organisations ;-)

Note: I'm not in any way associated with this business, other than 
recommending people contact them directly if they need data recovery 
services.

-- 
Regards,

Steve
Bathurst Computer Solutions
URL: www.bathurstcomputers.com.au
e-mail: steve () bathurstcomputers com au
Mobile: 0407 224 251
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