[NTLUG:Discuss] erase a hard drive

[Will Senn]

Jeff Demel wrote:

>I used it a couple times, and it worked great.
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>-Jeff
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>Has any one used this (free version) to erase a hard drive?
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><http://www.killdisk.com/features.htm>
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I have used Eraser for deleting files and clearing empty space using 
multiple passes and patterns in Windows:
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

But, just so you know, the killdisk method of erasing an entire hard 
disk appears to be a single pass zeroing of the data - you can achieve 
the same result by dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdwhatever (I think, correct 
me if I'm wrong - gurus).

Thanks,

Will