Re: Hard Drive data security

[Herman F.Ebeling Jr. <HFEbelingJr () lycos com>]

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> From: Paul Kurczaba <paul () myipis com>
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> Hi,
>   I have a question about hard drive data security. The hard drive on m=
> y 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=3F
>
> Thanks,
> Paul

Do you have an exteranl HD?  If so I'd do a full backup, and then use a tool like PGP to securely wipe the datafiles. 
Using the highest number of passes, then when done wit that again a tool like PGP to wipe the freespace.

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