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  1. Re: Buying not needed by gaiageek · · Score: 1 · on Study: 78% of Resold Drives Still Contain Readable Personal or Business Data (consumerist.com)

    I've long used the bootable utility MHDD and its "erase" command (followed by "scan" with erase delays, and then scan with "remap"). It's a low-level diagnostic tool, and apparently erases remapped sectors (hence the need for the following scans). I've never established with certainty whether the erase command is using the ATA secure erase method or not, but it's certainly faster than using DBAN and with the added bonus of erasing remapped sectors. It's been a great tool for extending the life of old hard drives which go in computers for Craigslist or donation.

  2. Re:Backdoor Discovered Into Seagate NAS Drives by Trax3001BBS · · Score: 0 · on Backdoor Discovered Into Seagate NAS Drives

    Who wrote the code. What explanation do they have for inserting such features in a supposedly secure storage device. Is there a more sinister explanation for this?

    Apparently never heard of MHDD http://hddguru.com/software/20... (it's grown - used to be a hobbyist site, now much more professional). I've used it to gain access to drives using default passwords, excellent tool for "talking" to your hard drives, and fixing what's wrong.

  3. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Driv by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Silicon Brains That Think As Fast As a Fly Can Smell

    ---DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs)---------
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  4. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Driv by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Silicon Brains That Think As Fast As a Fly Can Smell

    ---DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs)---------
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  5. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Driv by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Silicon Brains That Think As Fast As a Fly Can Smell

    ---DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs)---------
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  6. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Driv by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Is Amazon Making a Sub-$300 Console To Play Mobile Games?

    DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Drives)

    ---DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs)---------
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  7. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Driv by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Is Amazon Making a Sub-$300 Console To Play Mobile Games?

    DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Drives)

    ---DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs)---------
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  8. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Driv by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Is Amazon Making a Sub-$300 Console To Play Mobile Games?

    DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of Hard Disk Drives)

    ---DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs)---------
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  9. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Hard Drive Reliability Study Flawed?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  10. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Hard Drive Reliability Study Flawed?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  11. DCO and HPA (Host Protected Area of HDDs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Hard Drive Reliability Study Flawed?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
    http://www.forensicswiki.org/w...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://hddguru.com/software/20...
    http://www.itsecure.at/hparemo...
    http://www.sleuthkit.org/infor...

  12. Re:HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool by hairyfeet · · Score: 2, Informative · on Low-Level Format For a USB Flash Drive?

    If the guy wants a low level flash formatter here you go and it took me all of 5 seconds in Yahoo search. Sheesh, was that really hard enough to require an Ask /. post?