DrJohnSmitherson Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Hey guys I was just wondering if Ccleaners drive wiper with the Gutman 35 pass is any good? Would it be the best way to destroy all data on a drive without having to physically destroy the drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sc302 Veteran Posted July 3, 2011 Veteran Share Posted July 3, 2011 dban. http://www.dban.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 I don't want a boot disk though :/ Is Ccleaner Gutman 35 pass good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted July 3, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted July 3, 2011 On todays hard drives, the bits are so closely packed together that a single pass is all that's needed to make the data unrecoverable by any means. Unless your hard drive is over 10 years, it's really not necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 On todays hard drives, the bits are so closely packed together that a single pass is all that's needed to make the data unrecoverable by any means. Unless your hard drive is over 10 years, it's really not necessary. Ohhh. So the Gutman 35 pass is more than enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +Xinok Subscriber² Posted July 3, 2011 Subscriber² Share Posted July 3, 2011 Ohhh. So the Gutman 35 pass is more than enough? Way more. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Data_remanence#Feasibility_of_recovering_overwritten_data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rigby Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Yeah 35 is ridiculously overkill, but if you want to wipe the whole drive you should use a boot disk. CCleaner can only wipe free disk space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 Perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 alexalex Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 Perfect! The free Eraser - http://eraser.heidi.ie/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 Yeah 35 is ridiculously overkill, but if you want to wipe the whole drive you should use a boot disk. CCleaner can only wipe free disk space. I believe the Drive Wiper will wipe the whole thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 farmeunit Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/wiping-free-disk-space It is DISABLED for the boot drive. So if it's a second HD, then that's fine. If you want to do the boot drive, you really need to use a boot disc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 DrJohnSmitherson Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 http://www.piriform.com/docs/ccleaner/using-ccleaner/wiping-free-disk-space It is DISABLED for the boot drive. So if it's a second HD, then that's fine. If you want to do the boot drive, you really need to use a boot disc. It's not the boot drive. If I do it in the future I will use dban or something. Thanks for the help all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hey guys I was just wondering if Ccleaners drive wiper with the Gutman 35 pass is any good? Would it be the best way to destroy all data on a drive without having to physically destroy the drive?
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