On Thu, 19 May 2005 13:32:06 -0400, P. J. Alling wrote:
>I understand the issues with CF card longevity. A secure erase say once
>a week is unlikely to noticeably effect the life of my cards anyway.
>I'm more likely to lose them before they wear out in any case. I'd
>rather find a utility someone else has written to do a secure erase than
>write one myself. Shareware is good, Freeware is better.
A bit overkill perhaps, since it is a generic disk utility, but ...
You can use my DFSee tool for that purpose, as long as the
CF card is recognized as a disk under the operating system.
(Windows-NT through XP, OS2 or Linux are supported)
It has a secure wiping method that will write multiple passes
of data, some passes using random patterns:
File -> Open object to work with -> Disk -> .. select CF card ...
Actions -> Erase, wipe selected areas -> SECURE wipe current object
It is a text-mode utility, but does use a menu system,
and it is SHAREWARE:
http://www.dfsee.com
Regards, JvW
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