I never talked about such a paranoid way of action…I was just talking about deleting any trace of "sensible data", not any trace of "everything".
It is substantially different…..and away from being funny, my friend.
Fun, not funny…. oh forget it.
Since this thread is all about the fun; encrypt the drive then 1 pass with Eraser.
Hi BitHead,
How should I act in order to first encrypt the drive? Using which software?
Isn't that risky for files integrity?
Sorry for my maybe stupid questions but I am a real newbie in this field roll
Honestly we use full disk encryption on any computer that leaves the lab just as a matter of policy.
How should I act in order to first encrypt the drive?
I hope I understand your question correctly. You would download the software, install the software, during the installation the computer reboots and the drive is encrypted.
Using which software?
If you are not concerned about enterprise policy control TrueCrypt works quite well, is stable, etc. For a bit of cash you can move to something like DriveCrypt, PGP, or any of the many commercial solutions that are available.
Isn't that risky for files integrity?
File integrity should not be an issue. There are thousands? millions? of drives have some form of encryption, if there was a big issue with integrity people would not use it. However if you go to the original question regarding wiping, why is file integrity an issue?
Multi-pass overwriting is just a waste of time and energy. Data is destroyed in the first overwriting pass. Read Gutmann's paper carefully and you will notice how many errors it contains and how much the author does not understand how hard drives work. You can find a more detailed review of Gutmann's paper here: https://kaleron.edu.pl/throwing-Gutmanns-algorithm-into-the-trash.php