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04-16-2005, 03:28 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Secure Formatting Tools
Can anyone reccomend tools to securely format hard drives so data can not be recovered?
I used one a few years ago, but I forgot the name of it.
Thanks.- Matt
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04-16-2005, 04:17 PM #2Junior Guru
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04-16-2005, 04:39 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by ajaspers
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04-16-2005, 04:51 PM #4Retired Moderator
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I just zero my drive, haven't reformatted in years . I still think zeroing is better then any software out there.
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04-16-2005, 05:04 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Kill Disk
http://www.killdisk.com/
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FREE
Professional
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive
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Yes
Erases partitions, logical drives and even not used disk space
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Yes
Erasing report is created and can be saved as file
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Yes
US Department of Defense 5220.22 M compliant
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Yes
Supports several erasing methods including the most secure Gutmann's algorithm
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Yes
Data verification could be performed after erasing is completed
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Yes
Display detected drive information
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Yes
Disk Viewer allows to preview any sectors on a drive
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Yes
Support IDE / ATA / SCSI drives
Yes
Yes
Support HDD / Floppies / Zip / Jazz drives
Yes
Yes
Support large (more than 128GB) drives
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Yes
Support erasing any Operating and File System
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Yes
Support Command Line mode
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Yes
Can be placed on bootable floppy
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Yes
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04-16-2005, 05:14 PM #6Disabled
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Pdwipe - it's forensically sound.
http://www.digitalintelligence.com/s...ftware/pdwipe/
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04-16-2005, 06:23 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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So what does normail Formact C: leave behind?
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04-16-2005, 07:19 PM #8Retired Moderator
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Originally posted by Johnburk
So what does normail Formact C: leave behind?Tyler Cole
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04-16-2005, 07:25 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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So where is the reformats stored? I formated my 120GB hdd and there was 120GB free.
I don't get it?
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04-16-2005, 07:29 PM #10Predatory Poster
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That's just it they are still there until you write over them.
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04-16-2005, 07:37 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by pixelized
That's just it they are still there until you write over them.
Does that slow down your harddisk?
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04-16-2005, 07:38 PM #12Predatory Poster
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No it doesn't slow down your drive at all. As far as windows is concerned data doesn't exist there with a normal format but it's still magnetically on the disk until something replaces it.
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04-16-2005, 07:47 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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So in wat situation do you need to "really" format you r harddrive?
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Originally posted by Johnburk
So in wat situation do you need to "really" format you r harddrive?<?php include_once('signature'); ?>
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Originally posted by pixelized
No it doesn't slow down your drive at all. As far as windows is concerned data doesn't exist there with a normal format but it's still magnetically on the disk until something replaces it.www.Yekaroo.com - Your Chinese Radio Online!