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Utility to securely format hard drives

by lsl Sep 20, 2007 4:57AM PDT

I?m looking for a fairly inexpensive or free software utility that will allow me cleanly format (read security) about 20 hard drives in a short period of time.

Thanks

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From prior discussions...
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 20, 2007 6:32AM PDT

Most give the nod to DBAN.

The speed is limited to your PC and the interface to the hard disk...

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DBAN wont' help me in this case.
by lsl Sep 20, 2007 7:59AM PDT

I don?t want to format all of the drives on the computer, only a specific one I select, which will be the one connected to a USB hard drive cable adapter.

Thanks

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Seems to fill the bill here.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 20, 2007 9:41AM PDT

The last time I used it... I could select which try to erase. Have they removed that feature?

Bob

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You want to securely 'wipe' the drives ?
by VAPCMD Sep 20, 2007 11:16AM PDT

Try 'WipeDrive' simple easy and works to the DoD Standard

VAPCMD

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