Secure drive wiping - a sensible guide!

[mrk]

http://lifehacker.com/5153684/properly-erase-your-physical-media

I liked the article, i learned some new things even though I knew of drive wiping techniques already but now I know how to get it done better and faster

 

[ChrisLX200]

Shooting a HD with a rifle wouldn't go down too well around here though..

 

[FrankJH]

I work in a hedge fund in the city and therefore all our server discs especially have to be completely secure before we get rid of them - so we use a piece of software called "kill disk" overnight which I believe is used by the American Governemnt (its got some kind of US approval) - we then also take a hammer and chisel to the drive itself to make sure

If anyone then wants to try and have a go at getting data off, let them