Robert L Cochran wrote:
I have a hard drive that I need to destroy the data on. What is the most
dependable way to do this? Can reformatting the drive as ext3 or ext4 or
some other filesystem effectively destroy the existing data?
Is there free software that can write zeroes or some form of nonsense to
every storage location?
Thanks
Bob Cochran
As many others have said, the answer is no.
Use the various tools to erase the drive as suggested.
I have actually formatted a drive as VFAT and EXT3 and still recovered
data off of that drive. It was not a test but a major mistake on my
part. Even recovered data from a drive that was part of an LVM and
reformatted.
If the drive is small, it may be better to just destroy the drive. One
technique that I read about was to drill holes into the drive and fill
it with Cola. The acid will destroy the surface of the drive.
I physically take the drives apart and use the platter for various
things. They are so shiny at first. :)
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Robin Laing
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