Ref: Mark Ribbans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>'s
message dated 31 October 2002, 23:59 hours.
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>>From my experience working in the IT dept of a defence\aerospace
>company, the standard for wiping hard disks that had contained
>classified or higher data was to smash it with a hammer and chisel and
>have it disposed of.
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>Mark Ribbans
I would think it cheaper and less energy intensive to open the disk case
and take out the disks and burn them... :-)
Two ideas come to mind for WINDOWS users:
#1 - Eraser v5.3 will offer you the option of either: [a] Gutmann - 35
passes; [b] US DoD - 7 passes; or [c] Pseudorandom - 1 pass
I would like to hear of anyone having recovered data after a Gutmann
pass.
#2 - An interesting article well worth a read by Iolo Davidson can be had
at the following URL:
<http://www.bonaventura.free-online.co.uk/realdelete/realdeal.txt>
An interesting tool to have ( and I bet many Windows users have never
given this aspect a thought) is *Swapfove* which used in conjuntion with
Davidson's *scorch.zip* utility will wipe your SWAPFILE, the weak link to
data recovery in Windows machines that will provide plenty on interesting
data to those who wish to search a hard disk.
--
Richard H. Cotterell <mailto:seec@;mail.retina.ar>
Thoughts to reflect on:
#1. Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
-Jawaharial Nehru
#2. Success depends on previous preparation, and without such preparation
there is sure to be failure.
-Confucius
#3. There are no perfect solutions; only intelligent choices.
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