Comments on: How to Scrub a PC Hard Drive http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/scrub-pc The Rants and Raves of an Unsettled Mind Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sloan http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/scrub-pc/comment-page-1#comment-5629 Sloan Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:47:28 +0000 http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/how-to-scrub-a-pc-hard-drive#comment-5629 I believe what the man page is referring to with their warning relates to using shred on individual files that could possibly be recovered when using stated file systems. Since some of the file systems are designed to protect data it would be easier to recover data. But if we use shred on an entire disk the data should not be recoverable. I hope! I believe what the man page is referring to with their warning relates to using shred on individual files that could possibly be recovered when using stated file systems. Since some of the file systems are designed to protect data it would be easier to recover data. But if we use shred on an entire disk the data should not be recoverable. I hope!

]]> By: Sloan http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/scrub-pc/comment-page-1#comment-5628 Sloan Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:27:57 +0000 http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/how-to-scrub-a-pc-hard-drive#comment-5628 From the Shred manpage. The following are examples of file systems on which shred is not effective, or is not guaranteed to be effective in all file system modes: * log-structured or journaled file systems, such as those supplied with AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, Ext3, etc.) * file systems that write redundant data and carry on even if some writes fail, such as RAID-based file systems * file systems that make snapshots, such as Network Appliance's NFS server * file systems that cache in temporary locations, such as NFS version 3 clients * compressed file systems From the Shred manpage.

The following are examples of file systems on which shred is not effective, or is not guaranteed to be effective in all file system modes:

* log-structured or journaled file systems, such as those supplied with

AIX and Solaris (and JFS, ReiserFS, XFS, Ext3, etc.)

* file systems that write redundant data and carry on even if some writes

fail, such as RAID-based file systems

* file systems that make snapshots, such as Network Appliance's NFS server

* file systems that cache in temporary locations, such as NFS

version 3 clients

* compressed file systems

]]> By: Apolitically Incorrect How to Scrub a PC Hard Drive | Uniform Stores http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/scrub-pc/comment-page-1#comment-2171 Apolitically Incorrect How to Scrub a PC Hard Drive | Uniform Stores Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:50:06 +0000 http://www.oak-tree.us/blog/index.php/2009/03/20/how-to-scrub-a-pc-hard-drive#comment-2171 [...] Luckily scrubbing a hard drive is a relatively easy thing to do [...] [...] Luckily scrubbing a hard drive is a relatively easy thing to do [...]

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