Hi Don, this is a program I use to wipe hard drives: http://dban.sourceforge.net/ "Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that= securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically= and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect,= which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data= destruction." IHTH Mike the mod ******* REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 7/14/2007 at 9:57 PM Don Wilcox wrote: Take the hard drive with Ubuntu on it and either insert it into a different= computer as a SLAVE second drive or put a second hard drive in the computer= with it and make the Ubuntu drive the SLAVE drive. Once that is done install your favorite utility on the MASTER drive and use it to delete all partitions and then format the slave drive with Ubuntu on it. Somebody mentioned a utility that will totally obliterate the data on all drives installed in a computer. Put it on a floppy or CD or Thumb drive= and run it. Will someone jump in with the name of the utility please? Don -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/