[svlug] Erasing old hard drives

[Daevid Vincent]

-----Original Message-----
> Does anyone know of a tool that I can use to wipe out a hard drive to
> ensure data cannot be recovered from it? I'm thinking something that
> writes random data to every byte on the disk a bunch of times. I have
> some old drives that used to contain personal information that I'd
> like to donate to e-waste recycling but don't want anyone being able
> to get in there and recover the data.

http://www.dban.org

I keep a copy of this CD at work, "J.I.C.S.H."  (Just In Case $h!t Happens)
It has a great mode where whey you power on the PC, it will wipe any HDs it
finds.