Darik's Boot 'n Nuke

[yesthattom]

Need to throw away or sell 500 or so PCs? Don't want the buyer to be able to read the data from the hard disk?

Darik's Boot 'n' Nuke is a mini-Linux distro (image for Floppy and CD-ROM). You boot on it, it erases every disk on the computer. You get one chance to say, "No, I didn't mean to do it."

I tried a package called "Autoclave" but this was much faster and betterer.

Plus, "Boot 'N Nuke" is a much better name.

http://freshmeat.net/projects/dban/

Comments

[cloacabutt.livejournal.com]

There are lots of organizations that would be happy to receive your slightly outdated PCs as a tax-deductible donation. Check around wherever you are (VT?). For example, there's a cool art program in Phila. that reconditions old Macs.

[yesthattom.livejournal.com]

Yup. This is in preparation for such a donation. :-)