RE: Erasing a hard disk easily

["Kiley, Patrick M. (IARC)" <KileyP () nv doe gov>]

Darik's boot and nuke, super easy, open, floppy and cd images, multiple
types of erasure, multiple passes and verification....


http://dban.sourceforge.net/

-----Original Message-----
From: amilabs [mailto:amilabs () optonline net] 
Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 11:49 AM
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: [Full-disclosure] Erasing a hard disk easily


 
I have a bunch of old computers I would like to donate. Old laptops with win
95/98 on them and some old tower desktops all circa 1995-2k. 
I would like to know if I can just use a magnet to completely wipe out the
data for obvious security reasons. I have heard about the disk erasers like
active kill and Perl utilities for this but with the ability of data
ghosting etc. is this enough? Can I use a big magnet like a speaker magnet
or something like a degasser to just wipe out the data without having to
boot these old boxes and go through all the extra work.

Thanks 

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