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Sep 25, 2007 | 04:27 PM

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Matt

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Kill Disk help

Can someone refresh my memory on making a wipe out disk to automate the process of writing zero's to the HD. I want to be able to pop a floppy disk in and boot to erase the HD.

Sep 25, 2007 | 04:31 PM

Stapler

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http://dban.sourceforge.net/

I think that's the one I've seen mentioned the most.

I would cry if somebody stuck that in my computer, "DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect"

Sep 25, 2007 | 04:33 PM

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Matt

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Thanks, I'll try that.

Sep 25, 2007 | 05:08 PM

studville

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I've used dban. Just burn the ISO to CD and use it to reboot your computer. Takes an hour or more depending on whatever factors. (drive size/number of passes/etc)