Disk Wiping Test: CBL Data Shredder v1.0 (DOS)
DaleCBL specialises in data recovery. I liked the layout of the wipe screen. Using the default options, CBL Data Shredder took 68 minutes to wipe our 120GB drive. Version tested:…
It only takes one bloody idiot
I don’t think Operation Pin Ball refers to the Police Minister’s accident. By the way, it’s not “his” car. It’s a company car provided to him by the taxpayers of…
Disk Wiping Test: PC Inspector e-Maxx v0.95
This is a very basic program, which has not been modified since August 2003. That, in itself, isn’t a killer. Now, I’ve been taking my screenshots for this Disk Wiping…
Disk Wiping Test: East-Tec DisposeSecure v4.1
It was an effort to create the “Killdisk” for this program. I had to find copies of MS-DOS system files in order to create the CD-Rom. Some disk wipe programs…
Disk Wiping Test: CopyWipe v1.14
It worked. It took 1hr 29min. Comprehensive set of wipe options, which you can pre-customised with a configuration file. The name CopyWipe comes from the fact that the utility lets…
Re-using Bread Clips to make USB keys easy to identify.
I have lots of USB memory sticks. I have plenty of lanyards as well. Who doesn’t? Go to a conference, get a lanyard, get a USB memory stick. Identifying what’s…
Disk Wiping Test: Darik’s Boot and Nuke 2.2.6
I had problems with it. It would hang at the PCI (sysfs) detection. To get DBAN to successfully boot, I had to disable the SD media card reader. Version tested:…
Disk Wiping Test: Active@ Killdisk Free
For the price (free), I like it. It costs $39.95 US for the full version. Version tested: Active@ KILLDISK for DOS v.4.1 Build: 2393 Plus points: it’s free! there is…
DiskDigger says “Excuse me while I nag you to death.”
I liked the DiskDigger un-delete program. Out of the four un-deletion programs I recommended here, DiskDigger was my first choice. Fast forward to now. I stupidly deleted a temp file…
Finding solutions for Microsoft problems v2 – The TechNet Wiki
Google, by itself, only gets you so far when you’re hunting down a Microsoft problem. Sometimes you need to do some advance searching to find your answer. Here are some…