Dban how long time

It ended up taking like hrs to wipe. I'm no expert on DBAN, but does that sound right to anyone else? I also tried WD's tools that zero out the drive and that was estimated at about the same amount of time. Last edited: Mar 23, Modelworks Lifer. Feb 22, 16, 6 Are you doing multiple writes over each sector?

If so stop it! There is no need to overwrite a sector but 1 time. The other settings are for the extremely paranoid with millions of dollars in secret data that someone might place the platters under electron microscopes to recover. The WD tools on the other hand just does a zero fill and that was estimated at over hours.

I'm not looking forward to selling my gb any time soon if it will take a week and a half to wipe. Also, not to give the impression of paranoia, but I'm not convinced that 1 overwrite will do the trick.

I was able to recover pictures and some music after formatting and installing a new OS over my old one. Does DBAN overcome this somehow? As I mentioned, I'm no expert in this area so I appreciate any feedback.

May 14, 2, 89 One pass is plenty. Maybe there are errors. A quick one is mostly a quick analysis while the full one scans the entire surface. Maybe the drive isn't healthly enough to sell. As for your previous experience, a format and OS reinstall isn't enough to overwrite the entire disk.

I did run the short and long diagnostic test using the WD tools and they came back error free. On a side note, I am currently wiping an 80gb drive and 40gb drive and I'm looking at 10 hrs. Wow Brown Good to know the drive is fine.

Good to know this occured even two different drives. Nice to know this occuredin Windows and outside windows with DBan. Acutally maybe you can try wiping using a USB enclosure? Otherwise, if you got a different computer or a buddy nearby, at 10 hours it's faster to wipe using another computer Still at 10 hours, you got time to take the buddy out for a drink and probably sober up and still have plenty of time left. Last edited: Mar 22, It could very well be the computer The only thing in common is the same computer was used.

I'll try it in a different computer and report. Nov 22, 1, 0 What kind of throughput is DBAN reporting? That's about what mine is. Red Squirrel No Lifer. DBAN defaults are chosen to best protect people with a minimal understanding of this kind of problem.

This point is still open for discussion in the help forum and in the appropriate bug ticket. Open a bug report for the incompatible target computer and provide manufacturer and model information for the hardware. If you are building an appliance to wipe loose disks, then the most important component is a motherboard with multiple PCI buses. CPU speed and memory size are unimportant. With default options, a typical runtime on a typical disk is three or four hours, but performance varies greatly between drive and controller combinations.

There is no way to reduce wipe time and still fully wipe the media. Looking for the fastest possible erasure solution in the industry? For alternative erasure software that has extensive hardware support, including pass-through and dismantling for RAID array.

These solutions are completely secure and well trusted. Once erased, the data cannot be recovered with any existing technology. In a followup to his paper, Gutmann said that it is unnecessary to run those passes because you cannot be reasonably certain about how a modern hard disk stores data on the platter. If the encoding is unknown, then writing random patterns is your best strategy.

There is no difference. The IMA file is booted from the cdrom with floppy disk emulation. Does DBAN conform to my favorite certification or fulfill my local regulatory requirements?

We will not issue a statement of conformity for DBAN because it would be construed as a warranty or promise. Certifications: For alternative wiping solution s that conform to multiple national and international third party approvals, certifications and recommendations. There are alternative wiping solutions that ensure regulatory compliance in private and public sectors with extensive data destruction, reporting and auditing capabilities.

For alternative wiping solutions that conform to multiple national and international third party approvals, certifications and recommendations. Why did my C: drive disappear?

DBAN erases the partition table, which causes all drive letters to disappear. The Microsoft Windows installer will automatically create a partition and filesystem during installation. The Microsoft Windows installation media that you are using only has ATA-5 support, which has a gigabyte limit. The operating system installer must have ATA-6 support to use all of a disk that is larger than gigabytes. Alternatively, you can install to a gig partition, apply the service pack that provides bit LBA, and then enlarge the filesystem afterwards.

Why does my computer start into a black screen after using DBAN? You must reinstall an operating system because DBAN removes it. Why does the device manager have yellow and red icons after using DBAN? You must reinstall drivers for this hardware after reinstalling the operating system. These drivers were factory installed, but they may not be on the Microsoft Windows installation or rescue media. All major computer manufacturers provide drivers for Microsoft Windows on their web sites.

Why is my video resolution low after using DBAN? Why is sound broken after using DBAN? If you are publishing a magazine, then please send us a copy.

An auditor will eventually notice if you sell a misrepresented unauthorized product into a large company. Read the following link , which provides more information about how DBAN is licensed. We pursue GPL violators. Anonymous Guest. I asssume that is 35 passes. Thank you yet again. By default, DBAN 1. Weird It took me 15 mins to DOD wipe a 20 gig harddisk.

Re: DBAN speeds In theory, DBAN should be able to approach the physical limits of the drive spec, since you're not actually transferring data over the bus except in the "verify" pass. I haven't poked in the source, and this is pure speculation - but shouldn't it be able to source it's random data from the HD's cache?

Click to expand In theory, DBAN should be able to approach the physical limits of the drive spec,. I noted that the Transfer Rate keeps dropping after the initial start.

This is a great utility. Keep up the great work. I just finished a DoD wipe. It took around 92hours!