[kwlug-disc] Securely wiping zip disks?

[CrankyOldBugger]

Maybe I should clarify.. I wasn't doing zip drives (I honestly didn't think
they still existed!)  I was wiping standard HDDs.

On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 14:50, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's an external USB 2.0 250MB capacity drive. We have 1 or 2 of the 250MB
> disks, but for this run I'm just doing 100MB disks.
>
> I'm surprised you had success with nwipe for the zip drive Jeff as the
> disk I had actually appeared to only have the original zip tools on it...
> But as an org I figured we needed to go 1 step further and ensure there was
> nothing. Might give it a go again if I can dig up an internal drive... I
> have lots of boxes to sort, I'm sure we probably have something...
> (actually came across a 230MB SCSI optical storage device)..
>
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 1:06 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc, <
> kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> To add to this: is this an internal or external Zip drive?
>> (We did have an internal one kicking around that I set aside for these
>> kinds of situations.)
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 12:31:38PM -0400, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> > A few months back I posted a similar email to the group in which I
>> > mentioned that I was using nwipe, with is a linux fork of dban.  I still
>> > consider nwipe to be a good choice here, but if you're getting really
>> slow
>> > speeds then check your connections.  If you're mounting the drive
>> inside a
>> > PC then fine, but it you're using a toaster oven as an external dock
>> then
>> > try to use USB3 connections.  It makes a difference.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, 15 Jul 2021 at 12:23, Charles M <chaslinux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Normally I'd use DBAN to wipe hard drives and partedmagic to securely
>> > > wipe SSDs. I had a request recently for some zip disks and wondered if
>> > > anyone has a good method for wiping these that would meet a DOD-short
>> > > (3 pass standard). I tried nwipe and it started out well, but part way
>> > > through ended up with a million or so hours to wipe a 100MB disk. (I
>> > > ended up using gparted and the drive seemed to be okay, but not
>> > > securely wiped).
>> > >
>> > > There's a dd tutorial here that looks pretty good (for USB keys):
>> > >
>> > >
>> https://uwnthesis.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/kali-how-to-use-dd-to-wipe-your-usb-pen-the-visual-guide/
>> > >
>> > > Just wondering if someone has used any other tools to wipe zip drives?
>> > >
>> > > Cheers,
>> > >
>> > > Charles
>> > >
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