Hi Christine, I think they are very similar programs for those who follow the DOS like comand line. I'm normaly just cleaning up hard drives on the computers I offer on Freecycle(TM). Cheers Mike the mod ******* REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 7/14/2007 at 11:07 PM cristy wrote: Hi Mike, Is this program similar to the old BC wipe program? or do you know? thanks, Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike the mod" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 10:17 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: Attn Don: " Curse`s foiled again by Ubuntu= " > 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=3D > securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will= automatically=3D > and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can= detect,=3D > which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data=3D > destruction." > > IHTH > > Mike the mod -- 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/