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Old 06-28-2003
davide@yahoo.com
 
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Default Re: How to erase a hard disk completely?

Irving Kimura <irving_kimura@lycos.com> wrote:
> There's a lot of highly sensitive data in this disk I want
> to dispose of. Is there a program that will truly wipe a whole



If you want to "dispose" of the disk definitively, grab a drill and
drill some hole in it, if you want to resell it, use
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/whatsthedisk

Davide
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