[GRLUG] Disk scrubber

[Tim Schmidt]

On 7/24/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> I read somewhere that shred's "doing more" is targeted at older-style
> hard drives, like FM, MFM and others, and most of its routines aren't
> any more effective on a modern disk than a simple overwrite.
>
> In essence, most of shred's passes were each designed for a different
> style drive.
>
> Source:
> http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html

Possible.  However, I have used some professional data recovery
software and witnessed data recovered from a 0'd drive (0'd by WD
Diagnostics Disk).  Extra steps are welcome in my opinion.

--tim