I've used the sledgehammer "erase method" on throwaway hard drives. It's quick and efficient. But I'm not particularly paranoid. I don't store passwords on hard drives and regularly delete browser history. I don't have much to hide.
Paul On Nov 11, 2011, at 5:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Cotty wrote: > >> FWIW I once filmed here: >> >> <http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.co.uk/> >> >> and I asked one of the techs what the best method of hard drive security >> was if (say) I was selling a computer 2nd hand. His answer was simple >> and straightforward: take the hard drive out and destroy it by hammering >> nails through the platters. That is apparently the only way to be 100% sure. > > That is, despite various "hard drive scrubber" software makers' > claims, the only Military Grade method of making a hard drive > unreadable. > > For my part, when I dispose of a drive I just use one of the freeware > "scrubbers" and then reformat... Then I go online and change all my > important passwords. The likelihood of someone getting the drive and > putting the time/effort into recovering data at that point is pretty > slim and the only thing I really need to secure is access to my > financial matters. > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
