I'm trying to clean up my OPESC mistakes as best I can, what software can I use that permanently wipes a PC's hard drive by writing to files and empty ("deleted") disc locations so that data is not recoverable by the police?
Any recommendations for software that wipes your PC hard drive before I reboot?
I'm trying to clean up my OPESC mistakes as best I can, what software can I use that permanently wipes a PC's hard drive by writing to files and empty ("deleted") disc locations so that data is not recoverable by the police?
[3 Points] ziz1:
[1 Points] None:
Just boot to tails or any linux distro, go to a terminal and do sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda
. Depending on the size of your drive, this will probably take 24 hours. Make sure the device is plugged in and cool. After that you can do sudo badblocks -c 1024 -wsvt random /dev/sda
to make sure you don't have any errors.
[-1 Points] The_Grid_Is_Up:
Just destroy it, and get a new PC if you're that serious.
To wipe out your entire disk (operating system, files, unused space - everything), you can boot a dban CD:
http://www.dban.org/