Re: "Secure Delete" for Windows?

["King, Ronald A." <raking () NSU EDU>]

I use eraser daily.  I vouch for it.

Ronald King
Security Engineer
Norfolk State University
Marie V. McDemmond Center for Applied Research 
Suite 401 
700 Park Ave.
Norfolk, Virginia  23504
Phone:  757-823-3918
Fax: 757-823-2821
Email: raking () nsu edu
http://security.nsu.edu


-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Theodore 
Pham
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:50 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] "Secure Delete" for Windows?

I'll triple vouch for Eraser.  It's free and open source.

In addition to it's "file erase" capability, it also has a "secure move" 
function and an option to "erase unused disk space" for those times when 
you forget to erase and already deleted the file.


Ted Pham
Information Security Office
Carnegie Mellon University

Bradley, Stephen W. Mr. wrote:
> I use eraser as well and it does the job for me.
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> If I have to erase the entire drive I use Secure Erase
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> http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/SecureErase.shtml
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> It uses the actual code built into disk drives for the last eight or so yea=
> rs 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.  Th=
> e density of the drives and recording formats virtually eliminate data reco=
> very after writing over the drive one time.
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> Steve
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> 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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> -----Original Message-----
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY@LIS=
> TSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of Brian Epstein
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 2:34 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> 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?
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> Allison,
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>         For Windows, I really like Eraser.  Does what I need and is free.  =
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> Linux, I use shred for individual files and Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)
> for whole disk wiping.
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> http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
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> Thanks,
> Brian
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> - --
> Brian Epstein <bepstein () ias edu>                     +1 609-734-8179
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