This can be done, and can be done securely, but it can be a time consuming
process, as government certified file destruction  involves many
overwrites. Try Autoclave http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/

Rode
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>(on the other hand if I'm the one trying to completely erase the harddrive,
>I've went to the maxtor and western digital sites and gotten utilities for
>'zero write', but haven't gotten the chance to use them because my computers
>haven't failed yet :).)
>
>
>Bob Kupferer

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