[aklug] Re: HD wipe (distro) recommendation

It's non-trivial for the non-techie to truly wipe it all ... but DBAN
will probably be good enough to get rid of any personal info.

Be aware that DBAN doesn't necessarily nuke the HPA (Host Protected
Area) or the DCO (Device Configuration Overlay):

http://www.dban.org/node/35

Normally, the HPA would be used by the manufacturer for a recovery
partition, but since malware can also hide there, it's better to make
sure that it's all gone.

Some good Linux info in the Wikipedia articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_protected_area
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_configuration_overlay

You can use a DOS USB key to run MHDD, which will let you toggle off
the HPA so that DBAN will wipe it.

Royce

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Farrin Reid <blakmatrix@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good Ol' DBAN
>
> Farrin A. Reid
> Software Engineer
> Phone: (907)460-6713
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>
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Chris Jones <chris@christopherjones.us>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'd recommend looking into Darik's Boot and Nuke:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 8:33 PM, Scott A. Johnson
>> <scott.a.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Howdy,
>>>
>>> A relative is selling his laptop and wants to wipe everything on the
>>> HD before he does. I don't live by him or else I'd do it myself. Is
>>> there a distro that is very friendly (for non-techies) that I could
>>> load onto a memory stick, mail the USB drive to him, and he could
>>> easily use to wipe his system?
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