...UTC, framarks@molcho.com wrote: Given what disk overwriters actually *do* (ROCKET SCIENCE!) it'...it's all marketing: "If I pay more for it, it must be better!" ...*think* they do. It's probably more than you imagine. 20 quid isn't...was going to wait until it got dark and see if my "data wiping" works.. Nah, it's in the yard, not indoors.. Thanks for ...

...UTC, framarks@molcho.com wrote: Given what disk overwriters actually *do* (ROCKET SCIENCE!) it's... it's all marketing: "If I pay more for it, it must be better!" ... *think* they do. It's probably more than you imagine. 20 quid isn't ... was going to wait until it got dark and see if my "data wiping" works.. Nah, it's in the yard, not indoors.. Thanks for whoever ...

..., 26 May 2007 15:14:14 UTC, framarks@molcho.com wrote: Given what disk overwriters actually *do* (ROCKET SCIENCE!) it's amazing there's ...> > > Guess it's all marketing: "If I pay more for it, it must be better!" A ... us what you *think* they do. It's probably more than you imagine. 20 quid isn't that expensive for a small bit of...

... (e.g. Windows) won't let you touch the disk at that level. So, that's DOS or a standalone ...d be best to use the BIOS to sccess the disk. What about disks that do smart caching? Wouldn't they detect that a... is there a standard call to flush the cache? Good point. The more one looks at it, the more it's obvious that this is not a trivial program! I bet there is a call to...

...won't let you touch the disk at that level. So, that's...use the BIOS to sccess the disk. However, standard BIOS calls won't...happens if you have a 8GB disks but a non-extended BIOS? ...going to have to program the disk controller directly. But is it SCSI... servers (that might want data wiping more than most) have those...."under test" being present. A data wiping application that fails to ...

... won't let you touch the disk at that level. So, that's... use the BIOS to sccess the disk. However, standard BIOS calls won't ...happens if you have a 8GB disks but a non-extended BIOS? ...going to have to program the disk controller directly. But is it SCSI...of servers (that might want data wiping more than most) have those. We haven't even started on data wiping standards yet. No, you haven...

...26 May 2007 15:14:14 UTC, framarks@molcho.com wrote: Given what disk overwriters actually *do* (ROCKET SCIENCE!) it's amazing there's a...much... Guess it's all marketing: "If I pay more for it, it must be better!" A little ... tell us what you *think* they do. It's probably more than you imagine. 20 quid isn't that expensive for a small bit ...

...26 May 2007 15:14:14 UTC, framarks@molcho.com wrote: Given what disk overwriters actually *do* (ROCKET SCIENCE!) it's amazing there's a...much... Guess it's all marketing: "If I pay more for it, it must be better!" A little knowledge... tell us what you *think* they do. It's probably more than you imagine. 20 quid isn't that expensive for a small bit ...

... 26 May 2007 15:14:14 UTC, framarks@molcho.com wrote: Given what disk overwriters actually *do* (ROCKET SCIENCE!) it's amazing there's a ... that much... Guess it's all marketing: "If I pay more for it, it must be better!" A little knowledge is a ... can tell us what you *think* they do. It's probably more than you imagine. 20 quid isn't that expensive for a small bit ...

... Can anyone recommend a good data wiping tool for hard drives? ... got a bunch of SCSI disks that I need to do proper...multi pass writes over as the data has commercial value and needs to...Whats the best way to wipe the data from a none functioning hard drive? HMG uses on ... to make a humdrum job more exciting. I throw them into ... Magnesium in the mix, or more likely it was not quite ...