Free space wiper?

[Richard Andrew x64]

The free encryption package PGP contains a WipeDisk utility that will do that. At least it did the last time I checked. ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸

[Marc Clifton]

Rocky Moore wrote:

am about to release a server I have been renting

Hmmm. Doesn't the provider do that for you? Or are you being doubly sure? Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson

[thrakazog]

Can't you just format it? I would suspect the rental company will probably just put a clean image on before they rent it out again. They might not care if you format it before returning it.

[led mike]

Remove the drive and take it to the nearest wrecking yard and have them pick it up with that giant magnet at the end of the crane! :)

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[code frog 0]

A format isn't quite the same as a secure delete. Some of them use an advanced NSA or higher munging technique so that the drive table cannot be recreated using a disc tool. If was returning anything to any company I would certainly not do it without using a secure erase program. The caveat is it's about 24 hours per 40 gigs of disc space. You can be waiting a while of course a low-level format works quite well but there's some risk involved in that or there used to be. Not sure if it's still the case or not...

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[Sean Cundiff]

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[Bob X]

Hammer :) Works very, very well, but hard to return hard drive in working order when the drive is in more than 3000 pieces. :laugh:

[Ryan Binns]

I use Eraser[^]. I've never had any problems with it.

Ryan

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[kennster]

Sysinternals.com SDelete[^] Follow link for free utility + great discussion on the subject. And, like any codeprojecter ... you can also download the source version.

[Rocky Moore]

Formatting a drive does not erase the data. There are many programs available to pull data from a drive that has been formatted. That is the reason for the secure erase. They will reimage the drive but that may not do every sector, it may just cover the sectors that are required for the image. Rocky <>< Latest Post: SQL2005 Server Managemnet Studio timeouts! Blog: www.RockyMoore.com/TheCoder/[^]

[Rocky Moore]

Yeah, just being safe. Do not like to have the possibility that someone has the personal user data from my web sites. Would not be very responsible at my end if I did not try what I could. Rocky <>< Latest Post: SQL2005 Server Managemnet Studio timeouts! Blog: www.RockyMoore.com/TheCoder/[^]

[Rocky Moore]

Great sounding tool! Will give it a try! Thanks! Rocky <>< Latest Post: SQL2005 Server Managemnet Studio timeouts! Blog: www.RockyMoore.com/TheCoder/[^]

[Rocky Moore]

Thanks! Rocky <>< Latest Post: SQL2005 Server Managemnet Studio timeouts! Blog: www.RockyMoore.com/TheCoder/[^]