On 28 January 2012 22:58, Jim Price wrote:
> On 28/01/12 22:36, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Price wrote:
>>>
>>> On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake
wrote:
>
> On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
>
>
> [s
On 28/01/12 22:36, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Price wrote:
On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drakewrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
[snippage for brevity]
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi Liam,
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 09:24:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
>> Well, in theory, if you paid Kroll Ontrack £LOTS then they claim to be
>> able to get much or all of the data off a zero-overwritten drive by
>> meticulously examining the ver
On 28 January 2012 22:12, Jim Price wrote:
> On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake wrote:
>>>
>>> On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Free
On 28/01/12 21:13, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake wrote:
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Free download? �The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his downloads.
�Could be worth
Hi Liam,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 09:24:52PM +, Liam Proven wrote:
> Well, in theory, if you paid Kroll Ontrack £LOTS then they claim to be
> able to get much or all of the data off a zero-overwritten drive by
> meticulously examining the very edge of the tracks for a sort of
> magnetic overspi
On 28 January 2012 20:31, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:16:19PM +, paul sutton wrote:
>> On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
>> > What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
>> > hdd.and why do people feel the need to be so condescendi
On 28 January 2012 20:29, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:00:10PM +, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
>> Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
>> formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
>> perplexed!
On 28 January 2012 20:14, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 28/01/12 20:00, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
>>
>> Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
>> formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
>> perplexed!
>
> AFAIK the bad sectors on SMART
On 28 January 2012 20:10, paul sutton wrote:
> Back then you could create a boot disk and boot Linux from that,
Er... You still can...? Or am I missing something?
The machine I'm typing on has 2 versions of Ubuntu, DOS, WinXP and Win7.
> it
> would then point to the right place on the hdd, so
On 28 January 2012 20:00, wrote:
> Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
> formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
> perplexed!
No. Bad sectors are a hardware failure.
"Quick formatting" /can/ in theory re-mark bad blocks as usab
On 28 January 2012 19:10, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> There are boot floppy images for free download on:
>> http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
>
> Free download? The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his downloads.
> Could be worth it, but I'll stick with Clo
On 28 January 2012 19:02, Barry Drake wrote:
> On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
>>
>> On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
>>> from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
>>> I w
Hi Paul,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:16:19PM +, paul sutton wrote:
> On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
> > What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
> > hdd.and why do people feel the need to be so condescending
> > when somebody asks about it...trying to ma
Hi Nick,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 08:00:10PM +, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
> Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
> formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
> perplexed!
Not as such. Also it depends what you mean by "forma
On 28/01/12 18:40, scoundrel50a wrote:
> On 28/01/12 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
>> On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 14:46 +, Andy Smith wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the
On 28/01/12 20:00, thegeeksquad...@ymail.com wrote:
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
AFAIK the bad sectors on SMART aware drives are re-located and won't be
restored when f
On 28/01/12 17:55, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 28 January 2012 17:44, Barry Drake wrote:
>> I understand the problem. Windows (any version) refuses to install
>> unless you try to install to a drive with a valid boot record.
> What? No it doesn't!
>
> Depends on the version. I don't think I have ever
Just curious to know this, as I don't format disks too often, but does
formatting a HD rid it of any bad sectors? I assume not, but I'm a tad
perplexed!
Nick
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Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:10:
Hello scoundrel50a,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 06:40:33PM +, scoundrel50a wrote:
> What is so wrong about wanting to be able to securely wipe an
> hdd.
Nothing. As I stated, a simple single pass of dd is all that's
needed to practically do that, and if you need more than that then
DBAN
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
There are boot floppy images for free download on:
http://www.bootdisk.com/
Free download? The guy seems to want me to pay $4 for any of his
downloads. Could be worth it, but I'll stick with Clonezilla as it
doesn't cost even $1.
Regards,Barr
On 28/01/12 17:31, Liam Proven wrote:
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
I will install it but if they want Windows they are on their own.
Use
On 28/01/12 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 14:46 +, Andy Smith wrote:
Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone
On 28 January 2012 17:44, Barry Drake wrote:
>
> I understand the problem. Windows (any version) refuses to install
> unless you try to install to a drive with a valid boot record.
What? No it doesn't!
Depends on the version. I don't think I have ever met a version that
won't install *at all* b
On 28/01/12 16:34, Colin Law wrote:
To install an OS it is not necessary to boot from hdd, boot from
either linux or windows CD/DVD. If you make the disk completely blank
as you originally asked it will not be able to boot from the hdd as it
will be blank. Colin
I understand the problem.
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
> I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
> from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
> I will install it but if they want Windows they are on their own.
Use a DOS boot floppy - or USB stick -
On 28 January 2012 16:27, Ted Wager wrote:
>
> I am not bothered. abt the data..All I want is for the machine to boot
> from the hdd so the buyer can install an os. If they want a Linux system
> I will install it but if they want Windows they are on their own.
To install an OS it is not necessary
On Sat, 2012-01-28 at 14:46 +, Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
> > I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
> > however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
> > Anyone tell me how I format
Hello,
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:41:36AM +, Ted Wager wrote:
> I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
> however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
> Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
Ah, the old "how do I secu
On 28 January 2012 10:41, Ted Wager wrote:
> I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
> however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
> Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
> Regards
> Ted Wager
>
>
> --
> ubuntu-uk@lis
On 28/01/12 10:41, Ted Wager wrote:
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
http://www.dban.org/ - Darik's Boot and Nuke.
The canonica
I used gparted to blank a couple of hdd's that I am getting rid of
however the mbrr was not formatted and they still boot from grub.
Anyone tell me how I format the drive so it is completely blank ?
Regards
Ted Wager
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