Quote Originally Posted by miked View Post
erg, why do you use ubuntu?
One thing that was overlooked. Ubuntu is a Linux OS, one of many Linux operating systems out there. If you use a disk wipe utility it would be a safer alternative than a Windows based utility, since Linux is less susceptible to malware than Windows is. The other thing to use is a bootable CD with dban, but dban doesn't give documentation like some of the disk wipe utilities do.