[ale] Re: erasing ext3 filesystems securely

[Randal Jarrett K4RSJ]

again, with the assumptions.  :-)

On Tue, 2005-06-07 at 22:49 -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday June 07 2005 15:06, Marty Ernst wrote:
> > 
> >>NOt to be funny, but one quick way to wreck a drive is to put Windoze on
> >>it. That will wreck any file system.
> >>
> >>ME
> > 
> > 
> > Apparently you've never tried to install Windows on an ext3 partition.
> 
> 
> I assume he means an install that would reformat the drive. 
> Reformatting the drive to ntfs or fat and then installing windows does 
> not guarantee you've deleted all the data on the drive.  You really have 
> to fill the whole drive, not just install something new.
> 
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