Wiping a hard drive with DBAN
Summary: Darik's Boot and Nuke - DBAN Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
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Darik's Boot and Nuke - DBAN
Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.
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Dietrich's FREE as in Beer Drive Cleaner (Linux Required)
[b]$sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=64M[/b]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That said, the idea that dd does the same thing just shows you to be ignorant, either of dd, or of DBAN, or, more than likely, both.
Question: will a drive processed with the dd command above pass US military specs for data deletion? Your answer should inform your future knee-jerk need to reply.