DoD drives that contain classified data must be destroyed (typically
through incineration). Drives that didn't contain classified data may go
through the 7 wipe process you mention. BCwipe is a program for windows
that does a good job.
At least some data can be restored from a drive with anyt
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Subject: RE: Interesting One reading a 30x over-written drive
I believe that DoD recommendations is to completely overwrite the drive
7 times. As stated in other posts this does not mean "deleting the
files" this means actually overwriting all the sectors during a &
ubject: RE: Interesting One reading a 30x over-written drive
I believe that DoD recommendations is to completely overwrite the drive
7 times. As stated in other posts this does not mean "deleting the
files" this means actually overwriting all the sectors during a "low
level" form
I believe that DoD recommendations is to completely overwrite the drive
7 times. As stated in other posts this does not mean "deleting the
files" this means actually overwriting all the sectors during a "low
level" format. There are tools available from hard drive manufacturer's
web site for free