[Novalug] Cleaning a hard disk

[Ed T. Toton III]

Thus spake Jay Hart:

>> Jay Hart asks (Digest, Vol 2, Issue 74) if anyone's used DBAN (Darik's 
>> Boot and Nuke).
>>
>> Note that it deletes EVERYTHING on your HD - data, plus directory 
>> structure, partitions, formatting, operating system - EVERYTHING. Use 
>> with caution.
>
> Should one assume from this statement that you have had drives in a 
> non-functional mode after running DBAN on them?


I don't think that's what was meant. I've used dban before; it overwrites 
from the first sector, all the way through, much like using dd on the 
disk, but using various data patterns, and it's self-contained as a 
bootable CD/device.

The warning is a valid one since if you just want to wipe one partition 
and keep others intact, this is not the right tool to use.


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