[Tfug] Cleaning old Windows Disks

[Andrew Ayre]

Why not keep a copy of Darik's Boot and Nuke CD handy then?

Andy

earljviolet at deserthowler.com wrote:
> Mostly because I have a copy of Ubuntu 5.10 handy that I use for
> recovering data and stuff like that.
> 
> Earl
> 
> On Wed, May 19, 2010 9:12 pm, Andrew Ayre wrote:
>> Why not wipe them with Darik's Boot and Nuke then format?
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> earljviolet at deserthowler.com wrote:
>>> One of my duties at World Care is rebuilding old Windows computers.  I
>>> was
>>> recently told some of these disks might have root kits that can hide
>>> from
>>> Windows fdisk.  I have no clue as to what hides in Windows (nor do I
>>> really care).  I think using badblocks with -w option will clean off
>>> everything on the disk.  Does anyone know if I am right here?
>>>
>>> Earl

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Andy
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