[THIN] Dowload Pick of the Week: Dariks Boot and Nuke (DBAN) Disk Wiper

This may be the year when you are going to get new PC's cause there is no
way the old ones are going to run Vista (which is officially launched as of
today). So in the practice of goodwill and all that jive here is a LINUX
utility that you can use to clean off all and wipe your hard disks clean
before disposing of your old computer.
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.

DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer recycling, a way of
preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer, and a good way to
totally clean a Microsoft Windows installation of viruses and spyware. DBAN
prevents or thoroughly hinders all known techniques of hard disk forensic
analysis.
There is also an ISO that you can burn the program to a CD.  The exe can be
put on a Floppy or a bootable USB stick.  Typing in Autonuke at the prompt
after the linux boot will automatically wipe the disk clean.

Check out Dariks page at sourceforge http://dban.sourceforge.net/  for the
latest version.

Enjoy,

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Jim Kenzig
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
http://www.thinhelp.com
Citrix Technology Professional
Provision Networks VIP
CEO The Kenzig Group
http://www.kenzig.com
Blog: http://www.techblink.com

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