Re: Hard Drive scrub

From: Nog (nognog_at_adelphia.net)
Date: 06/22/05 

Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:21:56 -0400

"nemo_outis" <abc@xyz.com> wrote in message
news:Xns967B67F57EA66abcxyzcom@127.0.0.1...
> "someone2" <someone@somewhere.nowhere> wrote in
> news:vLAte.50579$iU.47232@lakeread05:
>
>>
>> "Tetractys" <farga@palenga.jengis> wrote in message
>> news:goadnZT2t8KKBSjfRVn-oQ@comcast.com...
>>> nemo_outis wrote:
>>>
>>>> or, even more specifically, as applied to data recovery
>>>> from HDs, under the subheading "New Technique Finds
>>>> Lost Data:"
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/taglance/tagwin01/winter2001.htm
>>>
>>> I looked for and did not find any recent reference to
>>> this technique actually being used after the 2000-1
>>> flurry of press releases about the NIST announcement
>>> that they had discovered a new method that "could"
>>> result in a new method of data recovery -- a method that
>>> was tested with audio tape.
>>>
>>> Do you have any references that show this method
>>> has actually been developed as a forensic or data
>>> recovery tool? I have not found any. All of your cites
>>> refer back to the original NIST press release.
>>>
>> I had correspondence with the author of the article referred to.
>> He indicated it is not commercially feasible to use microscopy for
>> data recovery from a hard disk drive. It's a great theory, but those
>> who quote this process have never been able to substantiate the fact.
>>
>> "nemo" seems to be a bit out of bounds re the original topic and
>> feasibilty of data recovery after a DoD wipe.
>> I also agree nemo may want to google "anger management" and find a
>> good therapist.
>>
>> nemo also does not understand due to an unlimited # of variables some
>> individuals and companies lose very valuable data.
>
>
>
> I'm so excited for you!
>
> You'll undoubtedly want to relay your important findings to the DoD and
> the GSA, who, unaware of your cutting-edge knowledge, have insisted since
> 2002 that overwriting is inadequate, and that HDs must be destroyed for
> disposal.
>
> As for "anger management"? No, once again, I don't think you quite get
> it. You have mistaken contempt and disdain for anger.
>
> Regards,
>

I used to work for DoD and GSA. Guess what, they hire off the street!

If you know Linux, boot a disk that will give you a command line, like a
Knoppix cd or an install disk.
Type
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=1MWARNING! This will destroy ALL data on the
hard drive, all boot sector info and all data on all partitions. It will not
however render the disk useless, you simply have a clean disk that only
needs to have partitions created and a new boot sector installed, which will
happen when you install any OS including Linux or Windows.Incase of
paranoia, repeat process several times.

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