[olug] wiping out a laptop

[Obi-Wan]

> i was asked to wipe out a laptop that a friends son downloaded some 
> junk. Its running MS Vista the parents want every thing gone. I tried 
> using dban boot nuke and came with a error non fatal error. would anyone 
> know of any other programs out there to zero out a hard drive.. Thanks Kelly

I use Active KillDisk for such duties and love it.  It has various
levels of security, from zeroing to 7-pass random.  I use the $25
commercial version, but they appear to have a free version, too.

http://www.killdisk.com

I bought this because I couldn't get dban working, either.

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