[ale] erasing a hard drive

[Van Loggins]

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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:37:39 -0400
> From: Robert <rs at ale.spam.futz.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] erasing a hard drive
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <20110826103739.446be83e at revelstone.com>
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>>I've drawn a blank.  What is the name of that free software that I can
>>use to erase a hard drive?  It will run multiple overwrites?
>>
>>I've got a number of old drives I need to dispose of and I don't want to
>>bother trying to figure out what's on them.
>>
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> shred?
>

We use DBAN Darik's Boot and Nuke to erase deprovisioned server's hard
drives to ensure that our customer's data is completely removed from
the drives before they are returned to available inventory. I work for
a major internet hosting company in Atlanta, GA, we always go with the
autonuke option it takes a while to erase, but it ensures that the
data can't be recovered.

here is the url for the site.

http://www.dban.org/