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January 3rd, 2012 09:35 AM
#21
Yep, there was an option in DOS to wipe the drive, then it disappeared until Vista was released. I use DBAN (Darrick's Boot And Nuke) on older systems.
Change dump file size:
<Start>
<Control Panel>
<System>
<Advanced><Startup and Recovery>
<Write Debugging Information>
The options are:
(none)
Small Memory Dump (64KB)
Kernel Memory Dump
Complete Memory Dump
Last edited by nihil; January 3rd, 2012 at 09:43 AM.
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January 3rd, 2012 02:09 PM
#22
 Originally Posted by dredogol
Oh, did you know during the XP install process, it only does a quick LBA wipe + DiskCheck when you choose 'regular' format right before the OS installs... and not a 1-pass wipe, which is dumb.
Correct. Not only during the install though. The format option when Windows XP is booted does the same thing, it does NOT wipe the drive.
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