[Coco] OT- Hard Drive cleaner software.

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

I got scared when I read the web site words, part of which I copied and 
pasted.

Same words? as 15 + years ago when I used it once.

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Floppy is red with !WARNING! !DANGER!.

"NUKE Boot Disk ERASES ALL! DRIVES"

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Maybe they changed it, and I am NOT going to boot that RED disk to test my 
bad memory.

Or even put it into a drive and surely not boot it with any drives connected 
except the one I want to erase.

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I have an old GPS that with 2-3 keystrokes will erase all memory.

Useful if you see the KGB coming and you are a spy in Russia.

SHF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Blake" <random.rodder at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OT- Hard Drive cleaner software.


> On 6/19/2012 10:45 AM, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Floppy Version worked great for me. BUT!!!
>>
>> *"DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard
>> disk that it can detect"*
>>
>> CAN DETECT!!!!!!!!
>>
>> So watch out what drives are connected.
>>
>> SHF
>
>
> There may well be a setting in Dban that allows for the automatic wipe of 
> any hard drives it detects, but, I've never used or even looked for the 
> feature.
>
> I've used Dban since 2005 and it has never done ANYTHING that I did NOT 
> tell it specifically to do. I've used it on systems with multiple drives, 
> to only wipe one drive, without affecting the other drive in any way. And 
> it's never done anything automatically, either. I've always had to select 
> the drive, and then the type of wipe I wanted. Working as the IT Director 
> for a non-profit, I have used Dban on upwards of 150 PC's I sent for 
> surplus and never had an issue like you described.
>
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