Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy or CD that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. The last versions also include a GUI that permit to the user to choose the partitions to wipe and the algorythm to use.
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About DBAN2.3.0
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2.3.0
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.3.0/dban-2.3.0_i586.iso/download
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.3.0/
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V. Good utility can be used to wipe hard disks/partitions with NTFS and convert them back to FAT 32.