DBAN Still Any Good?

the.ronin

the.ronin

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I’ve been on the look out for a decent drive cleaner and Dban had always been the go-to cleaner. Is this thing out of date now? It seems pretty finnicky on when it works and when you get tossed directly to the infamous “dban finished with non-fatal errors” screen.

I tried v2.0.0 on an HP slimline with just a DVD sata and single HD and it worked fine. I tried it again with a different drive in there and it wouldn’t run (error message above). I tried using an older version v1.0.6 and it ran. I tried it on a custom build with a DVD sata and 3 HD’s hooked up and it just wouldn’t run.

Is there a decent alternative out there that can wipe out drives as well as Dban?
 
I have used a month ago with no issues whatsoever.
 
Download Damn Small Linux. Boot. Open Shell. Type:

Code: 
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=16M

I don't do multipass anymore. I figure that the NSA will get my data if they want it no matter what. Joe Loser identity thief isn't going to recover anything after a wipe with zeros.

If the data is that important buy some thermite.

DSL http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/
 
kristof said:
I don't do multipass anymore. I figure that the NSA will get my data if they want it no matter what. Joe Loser identity thief isn't going to recover anything after a wipe with zeros.
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Why would the NSA want your files anyway?
 
He is just saying that software wiping is only good to a point. There are people who can get it back if it isn't physically destroyed.
 
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