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I thought I'd ask here, since its related to a lot of the stuff people have written for the PC platform in these parts. I need to securely wipe a bunch of data from an MS-DOS hard drive, so that it can't be recovered. Are there any readily available utilities for this? Will any of them selectively erase only data that isn't allocated to existing files? Perry
According to rumor, Perry E. Metzger said: > > > I thought I'd ask here, since its related to a lot of the stuff people > have written for the PC platform in these parts. I need to securely > wipe a bunch of data from an MS-DOS hard drive, so that it can't be > recovered. Are there any readily available utilities for this? Will > any of them selectively erase only data that isn't allocated to > existing files? > PC Tools has a wipe program that will either wipe individual files, or wipe all unallocated diskspace. It also allows you to choose the level of wipe (single overwrite, multiple, etc). -- Kevin Prigge | Holes in whats left of my reason, CIS Consultant | holes in the knees of my blues, Computer & Information Services | odds against me been increasin' email: klp@cis.umn.edu | but I'll pull through...
On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > wipe a bunch of data from an MS-DOS hard drive, so that it can't be > recovered. Are there any readily available utilities for this? Will > > Perry > PCTools has such a utility. Claims DoD specs. Chuck
On Mon, 9 Oct 1995, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > I thought I'd ask here, since its related to a lot of the stuff people > have written for the PC platform in these parts. I need to securely > wipe a bunch of data from an MS-DOS hard drive, so that it can't be > recovered. Are there any readily available utilities for this? Will > any of them selectively erase only data that isn't allocated to > existing files? > > Perry Norton Utilities has been able to do this for a long time. I think the program is called <wipedisk> (wipe "unused" area of a disk), and I believe there's also a <wipefile> that will obliterate a file. These things are supposed to conform to some unspecified "government guidelines," so you decide how good they are. My guess is that they're plenty good enough. --D. -- Dave Mandl dmandl@panix.com http://wfmu.org/~davem
>I thought I'd ask here, since its related to a lot of the stuff people >have written for the PC platform in these parts. I need to securely >wipe a bunch of data from an MS-DOS hard drive, so that it can't be >recovered. Are there any readily available utilities for this? Will >any of them selectively erase only data that isn't allocated to >existing files? Archive data off to tape, low level format drive using the bios hd utils, reformat drive, restore data. I find the non graphical AMI bios very useful for this. Doing anything else fails to remove the old data on partially used but valid blocks. Cheers, Mark