[ShadowAce]

Hopefully, this is a tech article with no "religious" viewpoints.

[zeebee]

I didn't realize FR could be used for advertising.

[isthisnickcool]

This is what I use for old drives I wish to dispose of. it's very user friendly.

[zeugma]

Thanks SA. This looks like a good tool for rendering a system as clean as possible for sale or disposal.

Many people don't realize how easy it is to recover "deleted" data from hard disks. Even after "formatting" you can recover a lot of data if you know what you are doing.

Of course, even the DOD spec mentioned in the article isn't recommended for computer disks that have had "top secret" data on them. The standard is to run a wiper like this, then destroy the drive platters with acid, as a really determined adversary with an electron microsope handy can recover data that was overwritten if it has existed on the hard disk for a long time.

Personally, my preference is the old "disassemble the drive, soak it in HCL for a month and drop it in the Mariana Trench" method. It has worked well for me in the past.

Oh, and btw: there is a small hook here for a religious war as the product boots Linux. ;-)

[Xenophobic Alien]

Self centered Ping.

[djmv]

ping