writing zeros?

[phr34k]

Could anyone recommend me a good utility that will totally wipe my hdd and write zeros to it?

 

[Kritter]

UBCD has several different methods of wiping drives.

 

[phr34k]

Out of the 5 on that page, which one would you say is the best?

Darik's Boot and Nuke
CopyWipe
Active@ KillDisk Free Edition
PC INSPECTOR e-maxx
HDDErase

 

[wyldfire]

Could anyone recommend me a good utility that will totally wipe my hdd and write zeros to it?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdN

 

[mwarps]

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdN

You are correct sir. Except using a blocksize and count is funner.

 

[ilikecake]

I have used DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) when wiping drives before selling them. I hear good things about it, but I have not used any of the other options.

 

[phr34k]

Is there a tool on the western digital website that will wipe all WD drives or is there different tools for each hdd?

 

[The-Tmann]

hey what happened with the headphones?

 

[InvisiBill]

Parted Magic's disk wiping utility includes a Secure Erase option (which is what HDDErase does). DBAN is my choice for wiping drives that don't support SE, but anything that can write random data over every sector is fine.