Darik's Boot and Nuke 2007042900 Beta

4.6 out of 5 stars 4.6 (32 votes)

BETA (April 29, 2007)

Mac, Unix, Windows 2000/2003/9x/XP / Open Source / 4,953 downloads

Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot floppy that wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect.

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    stisev

    Reviewing 2007042900 Beta (Mar 15, 2008)

    If you need to wipe your drive, the is HANDS DOWN the most effective solution available.

    No wonder the US Department of Energy Nuclear division uses it on its own hard drives.

    For wiping "free unused space" use Eraser.

  2. 5 out of 5 stars
    ModderXManiac

    Reviewing 2007042900 Beta (Apr 30, 2007)

    Been using this for about 2.5 years now, works well with USB drives SATA drives, but I have had trouble getting it to whipe SCSI drives, otherwise, the gutman standard leaves my computers clean from the prying eyes...of even the FBI!

  3. 5 out of 5 stars
    boaz

    Reviewing 2007042900 Beta (Apr 30, 2007)

    Definitely one to keep in the repair kit. Great to do before doing clean OS installs. Brings the drive to zero, like a new bare drive.

  4. 5 out of 5 stars
    mjm01010101

    Reviewing 2007041900 Beta (Apr 19, 2007)

    essential.

    However this version couldn't detect the SCSI controller/drives that previous versions worked fine on. I will let author know.

  5. 5 out of 5 stars
    Avion Airplane

    Reviewing 1.0.7 Beta (2006051000) (Jan 27, 2007)

    Good program. It did what it says it does. Everyone should keep a copy in there tool kit

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