Anyone use DBAN?

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:29 pm

I've burned the ISO file to disk.

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information on the web. I'd like to wipe my laptop's drive and then reinstall Win7. Anything I should be careful about when using this product?

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 6:21 am

Have used it....yes.
What the conflicting info that brings up questions for you?

If you're just wiping a drive to reinstall the OS, IMO no reason to waste time with DBAN, the native Windows tools within Windows setup are all you need...blow away partitions, create, format...and then install.

Other software tools to wipe drives....Eraser, and Active@KillDisk, and the one I use more often when I need a software tool to wipe them, RoadKils DiskWipe...found in Hirens CD. Although we usually use a piece of hardware I bought which securely wipes beyond gov't standards and prints out a certification for the drive documenting its make/model/serianl number/date wiped. It's wicked fast too!

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 10:56 am

Not recently.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 11:02 am

Easto wrote:I've burned the ISO file to disk.

There seems to be a lot of conflicting information on the web. I'd like to wipe my laptop's drive and then reinstall Win7. Anything I should be careful about when using this product?

make sure any drives you don't want wiped are disconected.

don't ask me how i know...............

Faust · Post by **Faust** » Sat Dec 14, 2013 2:02 pm

Mark wrote:make sure any drives you don't want wiped are disconected.

don't ask me how i know...............

To be honest that's the safest procedure regardless of what tools you use to wipe disks.

Actually, you can ask me how I know..............