Re: destorying the hard drive
You now have a case of battling scientific papers, and you're going to have
to do a lot more than just insist that you're guy's right. Or rather, you
should give it up until Gutmann himself fess's up. From where I sit, the
more you yell, the lower your credibility goes. Provide your references to
the best of your ability and then let them speak for themselves.
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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User
www.grystmill.com
"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
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> Lil' Dave wrote:
>> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message
>> news:uqQpngCjIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Lil' Dave wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>As stated in another reply, zero-write utilities, for the most part, are
>>>>suitable for most purposes of preventing the locating of prior written
>>>>personal data. Forensic tools can still find such data though. These
>>>>rely on the latency of the magnetic field of each bit that may have
>>>>existed due to prior writes created by prior use.
>>>
>>>FUD! There are no forensic tools available that can recover data on
>>>securely wiped drives. If you think such tools exist please substantiate
>>>your claim and post links to such tools or other verifiable information.
>>>
>>>John
>>
>>
>> May take months to retrieve such data after its wiped like you indicate,
>> but it exists.
>
> No, Dave, it does not exist. No one has ever been able to do this, not
> even Dr. Gutmann himself. It is nothing but a myth that started when
> Perter Gutmann released his "famous" paper.
>
> John
>