On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 12:25:02PM -0600, Marco Peereboom wrote:
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> On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 10:25:25AM -0800, Jon wrote:
> > hi
> > 
> >  I see a lot of programs that are available to clean up the disks for
> > Windows OS. Not wipe a disk but clean up deleted files so they cannot be
> > recovered.
> >  Is there any program for OpenBSD that will clean up the disks so that
> > deleted files cannot be recovered.
> > 
> >  (not looking to delete a file securly - but to wipe the disk clean of
> > deleted file with out affecting the OS)
> > 
> > -jon
> 
> Grind them up.  There is nothing else you can do to "permanently" wipe
> disks.  Residual magnetism is always there provided good enough
> equipment.  If your data is that sensitive there is nothing else but the
> grinder.
> 

put a wood furnace in you garage, get a good hardwood fire going, pop 
the disk in there, and stoak it again in 2 hours. there you go.

cel

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