Darik's Boot and Nuke
Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk
that
securely wipes the hard disks of most computers.
DBAN will
automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that
it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or
emergency data destruction.
DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer
recycling, a way
of preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer, and a good
way to totally clean a Microsoft Windows installation of viruses and
spyware.
Features include:
- Wipe Methods
- Quick Erase
- Canadian RCMP TSSIT OPS-II Standard Wipe
- American DoD 5220-22.M Standard Wipe
- Gutmann Wipe
- PRNG Stream Wipe
- Enhancements
- 8/33/137 gigabyte disk size BIOS limit fix
- Fast PRNG (Mersenne Twister)
- Entropy Seeding
- Verification
- Logging
- Hardware Drivers
- Controllers: XT, IDE, PATA, SATA, SCSI
- Consoles: Serial, HGA, VGA
- Buses: ISA, MCA, PCI
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