DBAN alternatives

AndyPix

Fast alternative, put them in a big pile and ....


https://youtu.be/k-ckechIqW0

S0litaire

I'd suggest creating a Linux boot USB and use the "dd" or "dcfldd" command.

That's basically all DBAN is using it's just they stuck a menu system on it.

**!!WARNING!!**
The "dd" and "dcfldd" commands are VERY dangerous, you need to be careful and NOT have any drive attached that has data you want to keep.

AndyPix

S0litaire wrote: »

I'd suggest creating a Linux boot USB and use the "dd" or "dcfldd" command.

That's basically all DBAN is using it's just they stuck a menu system on it.

**!!WARNING!!**
The "dd" and "dcfldd" commands are VERY dangerous, you need to be careful and NOT have any drive attached that has data you want to keep.

^^ This.
That would get your time per drive down to around 5 hours for a 500GB


( I still prefer the thermite option )

50Twuncle

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-874-theme.html
is not going to happen
They would most likely resell them, as new - complete with all of the data

AndyPix

50Twuncle wrote: »

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/recycle-874-theme.html
is not going to happen
They would most likely resell them, as new - complete with all of the data

Hehe, that comment reminded me of this sign ..

GunJack

Or, use ccleaner's drive wipe facility, and choose how many times you want to overwrite the data. It's one a lot of people tend to forget about

John_Gray

Our local computer recycling firm just doesn't bother wiping the disk drives it receives - they get sent to a waste-processing firm with an industrial shredding machine where the output is small shards of metal and plastic. This can be further processed to retrieve saleable Stuff.

50Twuncle

Still no way forwards - have checked a few companies who claim to offer free recyclimg - but most charge for collection - not worth spending £150 to dispose of 90 HDD's !!

John_Gray

50Twuncle wrote: »

... most charge for collection - not worth spending £150 to dispose of 90 HDDs !!

You could always deliver them in your car?

Fightsback

Or chuck them in here, it's a 23.5 Tesla magnetic field at the core.