General Information
Hard Disk Erasing for UNIX
Sun workstations
- Boot off of something other than the hard drive you want to erase.
- Type "format" and press ENTER.
- You will get a choice of devices, select the one you want to erase.
- Type "analyze" and press ENTER.
- Type "purge" and press ENTER.
Other UNIX Workstations
Contact the hardware vendor for secure data removal options.
For additional help, contact the Help Desk at 515-4357 or help@ncsu.edu
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Hard Disk Erasing for Macs
To erase a Macintosh hard disk you can boot with a MacOS X install CD and use the Disk Utility.
Apple Tech Note 107437 gives this procedure for MacOS X Systems:
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Hard Disk Erasing with Active@ KillDisk for PCs
NC State University has purchased an enterprise license for Active@ KillDisk Professional. Active@ KillDisk is a configurable disk cleaning utility designed to permanently remove data stored on personal computer hard drives. When used properly, Active@ KillDisk will remove all data on a hard disk without the possibility of future recovery.
Orig. Posted: Tue, 01/06/2009 - 14:51 — tmfarwig.ncsu.edu Last Modified: Tue, 04/14/2009 - 07:04