On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 12:25:02PM -0600, Marco Peereboom wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:25:25AM -0800, Jon wrote:
> > hi
> >
> > I see a lot of programs that are available to clean up the disks for
> > Windows OS. Not wipe a disk but clean up deleted files so they cannot be
> > recovered.
> > Is there any program for OpenBSD that will clean up the disks so that
> > deleted files cannot be recovered.
> >
> > (not looking to delete a file securly - but to wipe the disk clean of
> > deleted file with out affecting the OS)
> >
> > -jon
>
> Grind them up. There is nothing else you can do to "permanently" wipe
> disks. Residual magnetism is always there provided good enough
> equipment. If your data is that sensitive there is nothing else but the
> grinder.
>
put a wood furnace in you garage, get a good hardwood fire going, pop
the disk in there, and stoak it again in 2 hours. there you go.
cel
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