On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:24:49 +0100 "Martin A. Brooks" martin@antibodymx.net allegedly wrote:
On Mon, August 9, 2010 14:53, Mark Rogers wrote:
I have several drives to wipe and I'd certainly consider building a PC for the job but I have no idea how to find out if a BIOS will let me do it before I buy it.
Just use DBAN.
Seconded.
Though it can take some time (upwards of 7 hours) on large (>500 gig disks) and/or slow (< recent dual core class intel) if you want to be sure you are safe.
Oh, and it won't work on USB disks.
Mick
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