![]() When DBAN is finished with your hard drives, the master boot record, partition table, and every sector of the drive will have been overwritten in accordance with one of five well-regarded industry guidelines. DBAN is powerful stuff and has been used by US federal agencies, such as the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), to prepare machines for disposal. ![]() In addition to removing personal data, DBAN can also be used to return drives to a pristine state for reuse. ![]() DBAN uses Linux to boot up, and can wipe IDE, SATA, XT, and SCSI hard drives. DBAN does not work at all on USB drives, FireWire drives, or hardware RAID devices. I tried DBAN v.1.0.5 when one of my computers became hopelessly perplexed after multiple installations of various Linux and Windows operating systems. ![]()
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