On 4 March 2010 14:01, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu at orgfarm.uu.se> wrote: > I second that. Dban is the niftiest thing since sliced bread. Very handy > tool, if a bit slow. But I guess that comes with the territory. 8-) The ATA Secure Erase command is generally faster but more difficult - see http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase Ben