A few years back Norton Utilities had a secure erase that they claimed met
some U.S. Dept. of Defense standards.  As I recall, it would write over
the sector 8 or 9 times.  This is of course if you want a working drive
when your done, if not, take a hammer to it.

Regards,

James

On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Jim Rebman wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I need a little advice that is not directly related to assistive tech, so
> if somebody who has some info for me could mail me off-list with this, I
> would appreciate it.
>
> My laptop is about to die and I have ordered a new one and I am trading in
> the old one and need to find a way to ensure that the hard drive is
> securely formatted with no possibility of somebody being able to recover
> any data from it.
>
> Does anybody know how to do this, or if there is some kind of utility I can
> try?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> ---------------------------
> James A. Rebman
>
> Cognitive Levers Project
> Center for Life-Long Learning and Design (L3D)
> University of Colorado, Boulder
>
> "In times of change, the learners will inherit the earth, while the learned
> will find themselves beautifully equipped for a world that no longer exists."
> - Eric Hoffer
>