Re: Disk Wiping Utilities

From: Bassam ALHUSSEIN (bhussein@scs-net.org)
Date: 03/27/02 

From: "Bassam ALHUSSEIN" <bhussein@scs-net.org>
To: <SECURITY-BASICS@securityfocus.com>, "Dan Williamson" <dan.williamson@courts.state.pa.us>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 22:38:01 +0200

I am not sure but I thought that a format then fdisk would do the job
....wouldn't it ???
correct me guys ..plz

Bisso
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Williamson <dan.williamson@courts.state.pa.us>
To: <security-basics@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 12:14 AM
Subject: Disk Wiping Utilities

>
>
> I am looking for a good utility to erase all hard drives
> in a machine to a DOD standard. I would prefer a
> FREE utility as this is a government agency and I try
> to keep costs down.
>
> I have read that Norton Wipeinfo, BCWipe and
> several other programs wipe only the known
> partitions. I need a tool that will wipe EVERYTHING !
>
> TIA
> Dan
>
>