Moderators Augeas Posted May 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2009 Sensitive information for shooting down intercontinental missiles as well as bank details and NHS records was found on old computers, researchers say..... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8036324.stm They should have used well, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators DennisD Posted May 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2009 Yea, I saw that on the news today. Pretty unbelievable they could be so stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2009 One would think governments would know about getting rid of sensitive data, especially that which protects their country. Dumb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984 Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 The only way to completely and irrevocably erase all the data on your old hard drive is to smash it into bits......even with a format and wipe data can still be found.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 8, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2009 The only way to completely and irrevocably erase all the data on your old hard drive is to smash it into bits Incineration would also work rather well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmillerusaf Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Incineration would also work rather well. In comes the environmentalists saying that burning hard drives adds to greenhouse gases! There's no win-win. There's always an exception to the rule. I'm that exception. Desktop ----- AMD Athlon 3700+ (2.64Ghz), 2GB DDR 400, ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, 500GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP3, Avira Antivir Personal At work ----- Intel C2D T1700 (1.6Ghz), 2GB DDR2 667, Dell OUY141, 80GB HD, Windows XP Pro SP2, Symantec 10 Laptop ----- Intel C2D P8400 (2.4 Ghz), 4GB DDR3 1066, Mainboard, 160GB HD, Dualboot: Windows 7/openSUSE 11.1, Avira Antivir Personal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJpailo Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 In comes the environmentalists saying that burning hard drives adds to greenhouse gases! There's no win-win. Maybe if all the environmentalists stopped travelling around to protest or stop using their computers to post dissatisfaction then they'd actually reduce their carbon footprint! http://www.lavasoftusa.com http://wiki.lunarsof.../PC_Maintenance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 8, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 8, 2009 In comes the environmentalists saying that burning hard drives adds to greenhouse gases! There's no win-win. They can use the let off gas and vapor to power something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Maybe if all the environmentalists stopped travelling around to protest or stop using their computers to post dissatisfaction then they'd actually reduce their carbon footprint! lol, top post fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comper6 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 In comes the environmentalists saying that burning hard drives adds to greenhouse gases! There's no win-win. Notice Al Gore's winter global warming speech gets snowed out frequently... The computer is mightier than the sword Click here for cool stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted May 17, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 17, 2009 Notice Al Gore's winter global warming speech gets snowed out frequently... It's a conspiracy, it's all those snow machine doing it. The weather is like a yoyo, they can make all the predictions and whatnot but it's a wait and see type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
107rayn Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 The only way to completely and irrevocably erase all the data on your old hard drive is to smash it into bits......even with a format and wipe data can still be found.... Actually Dban will wipe it clean and unrecoverably. They have put it out to anyone who can recovery from a dban wipe, no one has yet. No need to destroy the Hard drive. That is taking it one step further, which isn't bad but unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichDaddy Posted July 14, 2009 Share Posted July 14, 2009 The only way to completely and irrevocably erase all the data on your old hard drive is to smash it into bits......even with a format and wipe data can still be found.... Here is some freeware software that will absolutely take care of erasing your harddrive...I have used it for many years. " Eraser is Free software and its source code is released under GNU General Public License." Click on the image I included at the top. These are all of the erase options. The Department of Defense's highest number of passes that they use is 7 passes. You can use any of the number of passes listed...even 35 times if you desire. This will erase every bit of the hardrive is you use the boot nuke. Click on the links on the home page; there is lots of info. Go here: Informatin and download Eraser The information on this page also tells you how to make a Boot Nuke. Check it out. RichDaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted July 15, 2009 Moderators Share Posted July 15, 2009 Eraser and DBAN are well known on here as we've recommended them before. However what government is actually going to take the time to "recycle" a hard disk with such good freebies when they could buy another $120 hdd drive for the "low cost" of $2000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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