How much wiping do you do? :)

[mike.patterson at unb.ca (Mike Patterson)]

Tim Krabec wrote on 4/16/09 8:33 AM:
> then send the drive to people like me, or other volunteers who will then try
> to recover the data, I'd recommend using different software.  Then we'll
> post the results.

One of the links Adrian included in his original question had them using
an electron microscope.

For what it's worth, I found the same link a few months ago when I was
researching the same thing for campus, and passed it on to one of our CS
profs (this guy: http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~iang) and he said it looked
reasonable.

> Something just does not feel right about a single over write.

Of course not.  We've been told for our entire professional careers that
it's not enough.  Folk wisdom is a powerful force.

Mike

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