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Hard Drive Decommissioning

  • 06-10-2005 11:26am
    #1
    prospect
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭


    I have about 20 PCs going for recycling, and I have removed the HDD's.

    What is the best/quickest/easiest way to decommission these?
    Also, is there any method that will still leave them recyclable?

    Thanks.


Comments

  • #2
    kas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭kas


    DBAN Boot and Nuke

    http://dban.sourceforge.net/


  • #3
    prospect
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭prospect


    Deadly,

    Cheers.. :)


  • #4
    Endurance Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    If some1 really needed to they could still get hold of some of the info on those hdd's ;). Is it strictly confidential?


  • #5
    prospect
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,787 ✭✭✭prospect


    It is company PC's. I don't work for NASA or anything like that, but I would like them wiped before I send them off.


  • #6
    srdb20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭srdb20


    What you could try first is PGP freeware

    It'll wipe the drive anywhere between 1 - 27 times depending on how much you want!

    27 times is the most secure obviously, a lot of organisations use similar techniques!

    After wiping a drive clean 27 times you would find it very hard to pull much stuff back!


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  • #7
    WizZard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,762 ✭✭✭WizZard


    DBAN is the best. Fair play to you if you can recover data from a drive cleaned with a full DoD strength wipe.


  • #8
    Endurance Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    DBAN is the best. Fair play to you if you can recover data from a drive cleaned with a full DoD strength wipe.

    It can be done :). PC Format had a large article on the subject, and determined that the only full proof way to completely destroy the data was to take a huge hammer to the platters themselves :D.


  • #9
    motrocco
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭motrocco


    I've seen the hammer used if a few companies at this stage. Mostly airlines, banks, security companies. Then they sell off the bare bones of the machine.

    It's not impossible to get the stuff of SOME drives but is difficult. Had to do it once when a drive crashed. Pain the backside hack-sawing a head into the drive cover screws to open it, but it was worth it when I did a full read of the drive got 85% of it down to an image as the next day the drive gave up.


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