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Modern usable DBAN alternative?

OFaceSIG

OFaceSIG

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I use Kill@Disk for wiping drives in enclosures but I need something like DBAN to wipe a boot drive in a machine without putting it another machine or enclosure. Does anyone know of anything that actually works like DBAN used to? I've tried so many but all of the ones I've tried won't boot on all the Dell Latitudes I need to use it on.
 
what exactly are you trying to accomplish? is cleaning a drive with diskpart not sufficient enough?
 
Load clean windows install , enable bitlocker, run iso installer again or any linux boot disk to nuke the drive and partitions, wipe drive - done...
 
pendragon1 said:
then just use a windows installer usb* and diskpart's clean function.
*(or whatever will give you a dos prompt or terminal)
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That is not a true wipe. You have to write zeroes across the drive to ensure the data isn't recoverable.
 
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OFaceSIG said:
That is not a true wipe. You have to write zeroes across the drive to ensure the data isn't recoverable.
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so you want to secure erase it. that was not clear and why i was asking. try PM that nobu suggested.
 
OFaceSIG said:
I use Kill@Disk for wiping drives in enclosures but I need something like DBAN to wipe a boot drive in a machine without putting it another machine or enclosure. Does anyone know of anything that actually works like DBAN used to? I've tried so many but all of the ones I've tried won't boot on all the Dell Latitudes I need to use it on.
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We use this at work. I suspect that's what you're using? Bootable needs a licensed version. It works well though.

Active@ Boot Disk Creator
https://www.killdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
 
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OFaceSIG said:
I'm not saying Bitlocker is bad. But I'd rather ensure that the data is gone.
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Which is fine..

From my understanding is if you do a full disk encryption whether bitlocker or LUKS (linux) the entire drive and any data is now encrypted, and once you re-nuke the partitions so the drive has none, unless someone has the decryption keys, they could never see said data ever, even if they could recover it.

Really just comes down to time and speed right, if a DBAN can nuke a drive in the same time to install an OS or boot to a live CD, encrypt, delete, then either or right.
 
Does it even make sense to use DBAN now days? I've used it long time ago and had to disconnect the other drives in order not to mess with them. It took hours to complete. I don't think it's worth using that shit unless you are planning to sell a disk or smth...
 
OFaceSIG said:
That is not a true wipe. You have to write zeroes across the drive to ensure the data isn't recoverable.
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Technically, for an old spinny rust drive, if destruction isn't an option, and you "don't trust anyone" (emphasis on the paranoia), you need to write *random* data multiple times to prevent Navy Steal Experts (emphasis) from recovering your data. We're likely talking about a less than 1% case here. I say if you're very worried... destroy it.

SSD wise, look for BIOS or device level utilities to "reset the drive". Overwriting bytes really makes zero sense.
 
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