[olug] Drive wipe tool

[Obi-Wan]

> With the recycling event coming up, I am getting questions on how to wipe a drive BEFORE bringing it in.  I am looking for recommendations for a bootable CD that "grandma" could use to wipe the drive.  Any ideas right off the top of your heads?  
> This does NOT need to be a DOD wipe, just to keep stuff from prying eyes.

I use Active KillDisk.  It has both free & pro versions.  It will
do everything from a "write zeros" wipe to a 7-pass DOD wipe.
It boots into a VGA text screen with very basic instructions.
You just select the disk, select your wipe method, and type "go".

http://www.killdisk.com/

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