linuxgeek: RE: [LINUX_Newbies] Wiping Data with Linux

I use Active@ Killdisk (http://www.killdisk.com/), which is self booting from a CD and meets or exceeds DoD requirements.

Christopher

From: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com [mailto:LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Allen Schultz
Sent: Friday, 27 November, 2009 06:53
To: LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Wiping Data with Linux

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com <mailto:linuxcanuck%40gmail.com> > wrote:
> Do I do it from the commandline or use gparted? I have a cable for attaching
> the drives via usb.

Depends on the program. Again, I do not know which program is standard
to the Linux default install, but below is a website listing free and
commercial products doing the same thing or similar thing at file,
directory and disk levels of wipe.

GParted will only change the partition table in the boot sector of the
drive, nothing about the data will be wiped completely. This goes for
any other partition programs that only partition the drive. (This
being said when I'm not sure there is a wipe data feature in GParted).

Allen

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