Security Basics: RE: Hard Drive data security

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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Kurczaba [mailto:paul () myipis com] 
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:11 AM
To: security-basics () securityfocus com
Subject: Hard Drive data security

Hi,
   I have a question about hard drive data security. The hard drive on my
notebook is failing and Dell is going to replace it. They are going to take
the old one with them. How can I securely remove the data from the hard
drive?

Thanks,
Paul