Securely wiping external harddrives

Post by **}TCP{Wolf** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:59 am

Hoho,

I have a couple of USB drives I need to wipe clean so data cannot be restored. I would use DBAN but from what I can see it can only do internal drives, and I do not want to open the external cases and mount them internally, then put them back in the case...

Post by **}TCP{Carnage** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:15 pm

How's about u just put a bin file on there the size of the usb drive
And then remove it again .. should be the only thing restorable then

}TCP{Snowbird · Post by **}TCP{Snowbird** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:13 pm

Dban was my first thought, but I am not sure what to do with your usb drive.

Just get a big magnet and hold it there for a few minutes, that shohuhld do the trick. Welllll.... it works in the movies, don't it?

GL and I would like to hear if you find someting.

}TCP{Coco · Post by **}TCP{Coco** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:02 am

Hi Wolf!

Well, I would simply use a partitioning program like Acronis Disc Director Suite. They usually have functions for low level formatting and can also access harddrives connected via USB, Firewire, etc.

Coco.

Hyper · Post by **Hyper** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:51 am

Many PC utility collections come with a program to securely delete a file or partition. I use a SecurErase bootdisk which used to come with vCom SystemSuite. Norton Utilities also used to have a smilar tool, but I haven't used it since version 2001.

By the way: there are tons of utilities for this. Both commercial as freeware.

http://www.google.com/search?q=erase+disk
for example

Post by **}TCP{Wolf** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 5:52 pm

I was hoping someone had a ready solution since I am tired of searching...

I guess I will just truecrypt format them a couple of times...

}TCP{Snowbird · Post by **}TCP{Snowbird** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 6:21 pm

Sory man, I wish I could have helped.

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Securely wiping external harddrives

Securely wiping external harddrives