Re: Is there any "hacker-proof" way ?

From: Ned Flanders (nedfla@hotmail.com)
Date: 06/27/02 

From: "Ned Flanders" <nedfla@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:04:30 -0500

Do a search for "hard disk wipe" on Google (or your favorite search engine)
and download one. There's quite a few freebie ones out there. Run them at
least twice on each machine and there's pretty well zero chance anyone can
retrieve anything off that disk ever.
This includes you, so make sure you've moved whatever you need off the disks
before wiping!

"bob" <bsandbank@aol.com> wrote in message
news:13edb01c21de9$e80a9bb0$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11...
> We are about to replace or entire Window 98 network with
> all new hardware and XP software.
>
> I want to donate our relatively recent hardware to a local
> high school that needs it desperately.
>
> Our CEO thinks that that presents a security risk. We
> have highly confidential client financial information on
> these computers and he does not want to risk that data
> being hacked.
>
> Is there any "hacker-proof" way to clean the confidential
> data from the hard drives?
>

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