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General Category => Ask Our Experts => Topic started by: Xtil on September 17, 2013, 09:52:06 am

Title: DoD Wipe
Post by: Xtil on September 17, 2013, 09:52:06 am

i have PC-Doctor Service Center 8 and was wondering if it has a DoD wipe feature or script?
Thanks
Tim

Title: Re: DoD Wipe
Post by: Kris_PCD on September 17, 2013, 10:32:21 am

Hi Tim,

Yes indeed, Service Center for DOS has a drive wipe utility. To access the utility:
  1. Boot into Service Center for DOS using the USB Device or Diagnostics CD
  2. Press "R" to run Service Center 8
  3. Under the Utility menu, select Erase Drive Contents
  4. There are 3 options under the utility
     a. Clear Hard Drive - Performs a single pass to zero out the HDD
     b. Sanitize Hard Drive - Performs multiple passes per the accepted DoD standard
      (To be clear, the current DoD standard requires complete physical destruction and unfortunately we don't provide a hammer) :-[
     c. Verify Hard Drive - Checks the drive to confirm that the wipe was successful

Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Thanks,
Kris