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Re: [PLUG] OT: NTFS cleaning
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- From: Bob Heise <heise2k@gmail.com>
- To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
- Subject: Re: [PLUG] OT: NTFS cleaning
- Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:42:33 +0200
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Den Saturday 21 April 2007 22.38.53 skrev K.S. Bhaskar:
> On 4/21/07, Morgan Jones <morgan@morganjones.org> wrote:
> > Why don't you just perform a clean install of the operating system?
> > Correct me if I'm wrong but as long as you do a full format during the
> > install you should be fine. This is what I did when I returned my last
>
> [KSB] Please stand corrected!
>
> Reformatting the hard drive only makes it harder to recover the data. Even
> writing zeroes or ones on it can allow a skilled data recovery organization
> to recover data. Short of using sophisticated tools like a sledgehammer to
> crack the drive open followed by sandpapering the platters, the next best
> option is to write a series of random data patterns over it.
>
Since cost wasn't mentioned. You could perhaps:
-delete the files you don't want there anymore
-buy an identical drive
-dd the old drive to the new drive
-replace the old with the new
-return the laptop to work
-hope they don't check serial numbers :-P
Bob
> If the laptop has to be returned in a bootable state, write random patters
> on the entire disk (e.g., using Darik's Boot & Nuke) and then install a
> fresh OS.
>
> Regards
> -- Bhaskar
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