sanitizing disc

[Liam Proven]

On 31 January 2014 11:46, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:
> This is exactly what shred does. By the way, there is no need to do
> multiple passes any more, not unless you are extremely paranoid. One
> pass writing random data is enough. Certainly enough for the OP's needs.
>
> DBAN's only real extra feature is that it is automatic. Boot it and it
> will wipe everything it can find. Not that useful for personal use.
> shred gives you much more control - you can shred a single file, for
> example.


This.

DBAN is the tool of choice.

*More* secure than taking a hammer to it. Data can still be recovered from that.

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