You will want a Hex viewer so you can check with your own eyes that all data is actually gone. For example, you will want it to be Certified IE: Scientifically proven to do what it claims to do by a credible independent 3rd party. Secure erase is not the only reason why you will want a dedicated, supported data wipe solution - there are a multitude of other factors too. Now you don't need to be an expert on the subject to benefit from others knowledge but for more information on secure erase, and why it is essential - read up on ATA Secure Erase standards and perhaps NIST 800-88 guidelines for media sanitization. Who wouldn't want military grade security when selling, recycling or disposing of a computer? Nobody wants someone digging up personal information on their old PC. Only a product that can manage ATA can securely erase data from a modern disks hence "Secure" has become the de-facto standard prescribed by most self respecting Governmental and Defense organizations (illustrated below) worldwide for a number of years now. Put simply: traditional data wipe tools (many "free" ones and even some of the paid!) are unable to erase 100% of data on modern storage devices because they are unable to utilize the ATA Command set. Using outdated and unsupported (for several years now) tools is a modern day recipe for a data breach disaster. One might not realise it at first, but it is easy to jeopardise ones security simply by failing to stay up to date with the latest security memo.
#CREATE BOOT PARTITION FDISK FREE#
Ah - well that would pay for those free lunches so to speak. Besides, some "free" products are actually used as a loss-leading funnel into the same companies rather expensive pay-per use product. "Most well known" by no means demonstrates fitness for purpose. The easiest thing would be to have a DOS installation and fdisk.Ĭlick to expand.Hi, there are always those who won't see much value in something, but everyone knows there is no such thing as a free lunch. I've tried FreeDos and Parted Magic but can't get it done with autorun.
I now want to create a similar one, but then a USB stick and it is enough to erase / clear existing partitions. Then we were able to give the computer to voluntary organizations. Then everything was erased again and then created a single partition.
#CREATE BOOT PARTITION FDISK FULL#
Wrote files to full volume on both partitions. Then split the volume into two partitions. When I was working in a municipality, within healthcare, with security (information with high privacy) a few years ago, I created a DOS floppy disk that erased the entire C: volume and then wrote small files that filled the entire partition. I want to do this because I have privacy information that is only for me.
This USB stick will then, upon approval, erase everything on your computer's hard drives. Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.I am looking for a (simple) way to create a USB stick that I can let my wife plug in and just start the computer (linuxOS) and then there will be a message (just in case a mistake happened) where the 'user' can choose to cancel. I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes If you wish to create GPT or other supported partition schemes, type 'm' and look out for the 'create a new label' section where you can get the list of options to create a partition table. Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes By default when you use fdisk against a new drive, it will create a DOS partition scheme. Switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units toĭisk /dev/sda: 32.2 GB, 32212254720 bytesĢ55 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3916 cylinders What needs to be done to make it work?įdisk /dev/sda returns this: WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. there must be something I'm missing or doing wrong. Since not even the 1M value ain't working. When asked what type of partition I would like to create I tried both options, e (extended) and p (primary), but with no luck. And I tried the following values: Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size (2612-3916, default 3916): `1M` When trying to create a new partition using fdisk /dev/sda and n as Command, I have to specify the size of this new partition. So I would like to create a new partition with these extra 10 GB I just added. I have just modified the Virtual Machine Settings, expanding the Hard Disk from 20 GB to 30 GB.
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