tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31028004605817676932012-02-16T18:21:21.319-08:00Integra Document DestructionIntegra Document Destructionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720314215345679179noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102800460581767693.post-35006629234336025472011-05-01T15:26:00.000-07:002011-05-01T15:26:50.776-07:00<div class="fotopedia_widget_dark_unframed" id="fotopedia_widget" style="width: 400px;"><script src="http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-3160299637/widget?widget_skin=dark_unframed&amp;widget_width=400" type="text/javascript"></script><br />powered by <a href="http://www.fotopedia.com/">Fotopedia</a></div>Many people wonder how to securely wipe a hard drive before it is shredded.&nbsp; This extra step can provide further peace of mind.&nbsp; A free open source utility called DBAN can be used to digitally shred a hard drive. You can find this utility at http://www.dban.org.<br /><br />How does this utility work? The Wikipedia article on DBAN explains how:&nbsp; "The program is designed to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_erasure" title="Data erasure">securely erase</a> a hard disk until <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_remanence" title="Data remanence">data is permanently removed</a> and no longer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_recovery" title="Data recovery">recoverable</a>, which is achieved by overwriting the data with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_number" title="Random number">random numbers</a>...... <br />DBAN can be booted from a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk">floppy disk</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc" title="Compact Disc">CD</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Versatile_Disc" title="Digital Versatile Disc">DVD</a>, or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive">USB flash drive</a> and it is based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux">Linux</a>. It supports <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_ATA" title="Parallel ATA">PATA</a> (IDE), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCSI">SCSI</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA" title="Serial ATA">SATA</a> hard drives. DBAN can be configured to automatically wipe every hard disk that it sees on a system, making it very useful for unattended data destruction scenarios. DBAN exists for <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel" title="Intel">Intel</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86">x86</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPC">PowerPC</a> systems.<br /><br />DBAN, like other methods of <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_destruction" title="Data destruction">data destruction</a>, is suitable for use prior to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_recycling">computer recycling</a> for personal or commercial situations, such as donating or selling a computer<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DBAN#cite_note-1">[2]</a></sup>. In the case of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware">malware</a> infection, DBAN can be used before returning a disk to production."<br /><br />Give it a try.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102800460581767693-3500662923433602547?l=integrashred.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Integra Document Destructionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17720314215345679179noreply@blogger.com0