From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 1996 19:25:09 -0800 (PST)
To: foodie@netcom.com
Subject: Re: Secure Erase for PCs?
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Bryna Bank/Jamie Lawrence wrote:
> Hi all -
> I know this has been discussed multiple times, but
> archive searching has turned up nothing.
> What freely available tools are there for securely
> erasing a disk under DOS and Windows?
> Ideally I'd like a tool for each, but pointers
> to either are much appreciated.

Since a filewipe or diskwipe followed by a flush would be extremely
easy to do with most any compiler, what would be good to know is if
there's a shortcut to repeating this process 30 or so times the
hard way.