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685873 2008-07-06 22:48:00 Hi guys, auditor have to wipe some hard drives, anybody got some suggestions for quick, free, floppy based util..

Ta
SolMiester (139)
685874 2008-07-06 22:51:00 Fdisk off a Win98 boot floppy? Lol.

How wiped do they need to be?

There are several good wiping utilities on the Ultimate Boot CD.
wratterus (105)
685875 2008-07-06 22:57:00 cmrr.ucsd.edu CYaBro (73)
685876 2008-07-06 23:10:00 thx guys.... SolMiester (139)
685877 2008-07-07 00:05:00 Darik's Boot and Nuke (http://dban.sourceforge.net/) AvonBill (11358)
685878 2008-07-07 02:14:00 I did a faq on this a few years back....
faqf1.net.nz it_can%27t_be_recovered
robsonde (120)
685879 2008-07-07 02:16:00 Hi guys, tried Dariks, and a couple of the others, but they are so slow....we have a 250GB drive here and are looking at 5+ hours!!! SolMiester (139)
685880 2008-07-07 02:25:00 Hi guys, tried Dariks, and a couple of the others, but they are so slow....we have a 250GB drive here and are looking at 5+ hours!!!

If you want to wipe a disk properly, that's how long it takes.
wratterus (105)
685881 2008-07-07 02:37:00 To write some '0' across the disk? SolMiester (139)
685882 2008-07-07 02:46:00 To write some '0' across the disk?

I think for it to be done properly it needs to write to each sector 7 times.
CYaBro (73)
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