Saturday, November 28, 2015

security - Looking for a easy to use Live CD to wipe a hard drive






A remote family member has a computer that is going in for service, but she wants to make sure the hard drive is securely wiped.


I am looking for a Live CD that has a simple menu option to do a full and secure system wipe.


Answer



DBAN (Darik's Boot 'n Nuke) is without a doubt the best: http://www.dban.org/ Just press enter at the boot prompt to "autonuke".


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