Can anyone comment on whether the software from a drive mfgr. that writes
zeros to the drive is sufficient and secure when transfering the drive ?
TIA.
Personally, I'd recommend that if it worries you enough to wipe the drive,
you should remove and physically destroy the drive. Even "wiped" drives can
have data recovered from them, if anyone cares enough to spend the time and
money to do it.
While it may be possible to get smidgeons of data enough perhaps to nail a
member of the criminal element, the chances of resurrecting enough to be of
use is marginal at best unless one pays $$$ to get it done. People 'flighty
of thought' seem to imagine that it is possible to get a complete system up
and running again. Running zeros a few times will prevent most from ever
recovering anything meaningful.
Try dban disk wipe.
"DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer recycling, a way of
preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer,..."