<rant> Perhaps if those who re-wrote the regulations saying that overwrite is no longer sufficient were to receive a couple hundred thousand old hard drives (especially all at once), they might re-consider that regulation. </rant> -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA®
Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote on 06/15/2010 10:59:57 AM: [snip] > It doesn't do any "fancy" overwrite patterns, but I'm not sure those > really matter anymore. Government agencies say overwrite is no longer > sufficient, so if you're *that* worried overwrite won't help, and if > you're not that worried writing zeros is prolly good enough. > > However, the writing zeros part is broken in at least Win 2003 and > Win XP 64-bit. See MSKB 952630 for details and the hotfix. No > mention of other releases, so I guess they are not broken (?). > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952630 > > (How do you screw up writing zeros until EOF? Sometimes I think > Microsoft couldn't fall out of bed without needing to install a > Service Pack and a patch first.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
