re: Boot 'n Nuke ... or just Ghost?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 9:18 am
Posted by Alan Masterman
(462 messages posted)
Hi James,
This is not the appropriate forum for your question. There are numerous programs
which you can download on the internet which claim to wipe hard discs to a high security
standard. You can find lots by googling. Since this appears to be a commercial
operation, though, your employer would probably have to pay for a software licence.
Alternatively, just delete the partition and reformat, which would cover all ordinary
requirements.
On Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 9:09 am, james wrote:
>Wiping a large number of old leased systems to ship back to Dell. Of course the
>usual concern about where folks did online transactions, email their girlfriends,
>et al. Assuring that the data is unrecoverable.
Is re-imaging with Ghost
>sufficient (ghosted system had a repartitioning plus "slow" NTFS format), or should
>we use our “boot and nuke” CD before ghosting? Overkill?
Boot 'n Nuke adds
>1hr 50 mins to the process per PC.
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re: Boot 'n Nuke ... or just Ghost?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Posted by Dan Sarandrea, MCSE
(7132 messages posted)
If the business organization is involved in commerce that in the medical or investment
fields, then there are state and/or federal laws that govern data security and personal
information protection.
Regardless of the law, I doubt your company's CEO wants his company to be the next
one reported on the Nightly News for allowing sensitive data to be let loose.
http://pcworld.about.com/magazine/2105p022id110012.htm
http://www.pogowasright.org/
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