HDD wipe on restart

[Mister_K]

Title is quite limited so here is my question.

Is there are good program out there which when turned on would wipe my whole boot drive clean once restarted?

Really need this sort of program just in case I would ever need it. Have TrueKrypt set up and protecting all my HDD's and my SSD atm ^^

 

[Mark56]

Try CCleaner, it has a drive wiping facility that has several diffeent levels that you can choose.

http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/download

Also, most of the hard drive diagnostics boot discs provided by the various hard drive manufacturers have the facility to wipe the drive.

 

[Mister_K]

Cheers mark, already had CCleaner but didn't know it had that feature hehe Thanks btw

 

[Leeky]

I've always found the idea of them to be pretty risky really. What if you accidently wiped your install on rebooting it?

I find the best solution is an encrypted partition, containing whatever it is you need to keep secure. A correctly encrypted partition is perfectly safe for whatever you can throw at it.

 

[odriscoll27]

hi leeky,

What would be the best app to use to encrpyt a partition? I do have Partition Magic so i can split my laptop HDD and use one part to keep files safe etc but would CCleaner do the same as i do have this on a Flash drive somewhere as well

James

 

[Mark56]

As far as I know there is no facility in Ccleaner to encrypt a drive, only to wipe it.

These are the instructions for using Bitlocker to encrypt a drive. (Windows 7 and Vista)

http://social.technet.microsoft.com...tlocker-drive-encryption-with-video-link.aspx

And XP: http://mintywhite.com/xp/xsecurity/encrypt-files-hard-drive-windows-xp/

 

[Leeky]

I use Linux in-built solutions for my disk encryption needs James, so I would go with Mark's advice as I'm mainly into my Linux these days.

 

[odriscoll27]

thanks for the help guys appreciated

 

[Mark56]

Your welcome.

 

[SNGX1275]

I know this doesn't really answer your question, but, it accomplishes the same goal if someone busts in your door and you need to delete your data real quick.

Go to 5:45 into Episode 3 of The Broken (or 6:23 if you don't like Dr. Dre). http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3497326744612299737

Edit: This is a bad idea if you can't get the device outside immediately Also, for our younger readers, there is alcohol consumption and some adult language in the clip, watch with parental permission