<p dir="ltr">Not a fan of dban for that reason. Nwipe using several passes of the rcmp method is how I usually wipe a drive. The I format it a few times with random file systems and a few partitions and finally drop a fresh OS on it before donating. If recycling I typically do one pass with nwipe and take the drive apart.<br></p>
<p dir="ltr">On Dec 15, 2014 9:54 PM, "der.hans" <<a href="mailto:PLUGd@lufthans.com">PLUGd@lufthans.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Am 14. Dez, 2014 schwätzte Stephen M so:<br>
><br>
> moin moin,<br>
><br>
><br>
>> There is a problem using dban. When I started it up it never gave me<br>
>> options on what to scan. Now my two SATA drives along with my USB drive<br>
>> are not working. I need help to understand what is going on please.<br>
><br>
><br>
> dban wipes every drive it can find.<br>
><br>
> The website says, "It automatically deletes the contents of any hard disk<br>
> that it can detect."<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.dban.org/">http://www.dban.org/</a><br>
><br>
> Sounds like something to avoid unless you need to set up a disassembly<br>
> line and just rip through whatever gets connected.<br>
><br>
> ciao,<br>
><br>
> der.hans<br>
><br>
><br>
>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:32 AM, Stephen Partington <<a href="mailto:cryptworks@gmail.com">cryptworks@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>> Todd thanks. I am filing this away for my own use later.<br>
>>><br>
>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Todd Millecam <<a href="mailto:tyggna@gmail.com">tyggna@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Oh, if it's SSD drives, don't do it this way, this is solely for<br>
>>>> plattered drives. If you are using an SSD, then you just need to issue a<br>
>>>> secure command to the drive and tell it to wipe itself--which you can do<br>
>>>> through hdparm:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> $~ hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass PasSWorD /dev/sda #sets up security on the drive<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> $~ hdparm --user-master u --security-erase PasSWorD /dev/sda # the point of no return delete everything on your SSD drive command<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Todd Millecam <<a href="mailto:tyggna@gmail.com">tyggna@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> There's a lot of ways to do it, but they all do the same thing.<br>
>>>>> In bash:<br>
>>>>> $~ shred -zn10 /dev/sda<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> That'll securely erase everything on block device /dev/sda--give it a<br>
>>>>> while to run as it's writing random numbers across the entire drive and<br>
>>>>> then finishing by writing nothing but 0s on it. This makes all data on the<br>
>>>>> device non-recoverable.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> You need to overwrite the data anywhere from 4 - 15 times before it's<br>
>>>>> clean and nothing can be recovered from it.<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> That's essentially all dban/wipe is doing. If you want to get even more<br>
>>>>> primitive, then you can use dd (garunteed to be on all *nix systems)<br>
>>>>> $~ dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda && dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> That's the same as doing one pass, but if shred is there (and it usually<br>
>>>>> is) then it'll do all 10 passes for you. I guess you could just throw that<br>
>>>>> dd command in a simple loop:<br>
>>>>> $~ for i in `seq 10` ; do dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/sda && dd<br>
>>>>> if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda ; done<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Dban or wipe will do all this for you, but you can do it yourself.<br>
>>>>> (Note, don't do it on the currently-running OS drive, because it'll<br>
>>>>> eventually erase glibc.so being used to do the overwrite. If you want to<br>
>>>>> do it on multiple drives, just plug them all into the same computer, and<br>
>>>>> run shred on all of them from a live-cd of your chosing)<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Stephen M <<a href="mailto:smelheim85@gmail.com">smelheim85@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>>> HI,<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> I have a couple drives that I want to wipe and give them to the Loco<br>
>>>>>> group. I have never done a wipe on my own computer. I want to see whats<br>
>>>>>> the best method. I know there is dban, wipe, and many other solutions. I<br>
>>>>>> will be using a SATA to USB adapter so I don't have to open my computers<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> What I need to know is there a way to use that device and still work on<br>
>>>>>> my computer. Or do I have to let my computer run dban or whatever to wipe<br>
>>>>>> the drive.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> Thanks all.<br>
>>>>>><br>
>>>>>> --<br>
>>>>>> Stephen Melheim<br>
>>>>>> 602-400-7707<br>
>>>>>> <a href="mailto:SMelheim85@gmail.com">SMelheim85@gmail.com</a><br>
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>>>>> --<br>
>>>>> Todd Millecam<br>
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