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05-10-2005, 09:27 PM #1WHT Addict
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data recovery software
Hello,
sorry to keep bothering you guys...but i wasn't able to get my laptop to run any of the disk wiping software.
i used sonys recovery cd to restore it to factory setting..it is suppose to wipe the C: out..
i'm trying to figure out if it was able to make it impossible to recover older files so i need some software to test it.
please suggest some
thanks
in the mean time..im going to download and try as many as i can..
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05-10-2005, 09:41 PM #2Junior Guru Wannabe
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Download.com: "data recovery"
As far as software for wiping data.. I recommend the following:
Eraser
DBAN"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein
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05-10-2005, 09:47 PM #3An Awesome Dude
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WARNING ***DBAN*** KILLS/ERASES YOUR DISK COMPLETLY!!!!!!
USE XTREME CAUTION WITH THIS APP!!!!!!!!
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05-10-2005, 10:03 PM #4Junior Guru Wannabe
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Yes, be careful when using this utility and know what you're doing first. Great to use before giving/selling your hard drive to someone.
For the number of passes.. 3 is said to be enough to stop software recovery, and 7 for hardware recovery.
(The US Department of Defense standard is 7!)"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein
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05-11-2005, 08:24 AM #5WHT Addict
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Originally posted by The Dude
WARNING ***DBAN*** KILLS/ERASES YOUR DISK COMPLETLY!!!!!!
USE XTREME CAUTION WITH THIS APP!!!!!!!!
although i'm a linux n00b...i can figure out the basics.. i used the dod long method took forever too..
when using sony vaio recovery cd i made, it had to create a new partition etc. it did everything automatically which is good.
i feel great now
thanks everyone for your help
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05-11-2005, 07:43 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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we use a nice little floppy here @ work called "gdisk" standard DOD wipe (7 passes).
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05-11-2005, 07:59 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Gdisk is a handy utility, it comes with Ghost.
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them." - Thomas Paine
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05-11-2005, 10:18 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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You can use a live linux cd and do:
shred -n10 /dev/hda (/dev/sda, /dev/hdb.. whatever)
The above will do a few passes.
"man shred" for more information.
Otherwise, you can just use dd:
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hda
or
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda
"man dd" for more information.
(NOTE: These both will kill data off the drive you specify it, please use caution.)Jason
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05-12-2005, 02:59 AM #9New Member
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now,how many partitions you can see?
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05-12-2005, 08:10 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by ChrisTech
we use a nice little floppy here @ work called "gdisk" standard DOD wipe (7 passes).
although not really an issue here i suspect, its been suggested that the 7 passes might not be enough to *completely* erase all traces of data..
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05-12-2005, 10:20 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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Here at the computer maintenance shop on campus, we have some nice software utilities. One lets us recover files (even from formatted drives depending on the format). We recover a lot of data off of bad floppy disks, bad cd's, and hard drives that no longer boot to a working operating system.
We also have a nice drive tester that will test hard drives thouroughly and will perform a DOD wipe on it. (Separate piece of hardware, not attached to a computer).