Rich,
The key is how clean do you want the disk.  As stated in the original email,
the "formatvol" command within volutil will completely reformat the disk and
get rid of everything.  The drive can then be initialized back to the
volume_set and re-used.  If this level of cleanup is not necessary, then
simply purging the files and/or groups and/or accounts will make it very
difficult (if not impossible) to recover any of the data.  My understanding
is that when a file is purged the "fil_disc" routine is call to overwrite
the disk area where the file(s) was allocated.  I haven't personally tested
this out so others can validate or correct me on this part.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Holloway, Rich <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 6:14 PM
Subject: FW: Erase Data from Disks


>OK, let me be a little more specific. I want the disc as clean as possible
>and still usable. This is not a top national security issue, even though
you
>would think it was by the way people carry on about privacy. If someone
>wants to go through the hassle of reading every little bit trying to make
>sense of it then so be it. I do have to admit the sledge hammer idea does
>sound like a lot of fun.
>
>Rich Holloway
>Systems Administrator
>Providence Health Plans
>Phone: (503) 574-7457
>Fax: (503) 574-8614
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>http://www.providence.org
>
>The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my company. They belong
>solely to me.
>
>If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. --
>Mario Andretti
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Holloway, Rich
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 1:42 PM
>> To:   HP3000-l (E-mail)
>> Subject:      Erase Data from Disks
>>
>> I'm looking for a way to completely erase data from disks. By this I mean
>> there is no way for the data to be recovered and the disc is seen by any
>> system as empty. A completely clean slate. Any suggestions would be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you in advance,
>>
>> Rich Holloway
>> Systems Administrator
>> Providence Health Plans
>> Phone: (503) 574-7457
>> Fax: (503) 574-8614
>> [log in to unmask]
>> http://www.providence.org
>>
>> The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my company. They
>> belong solely to me.
>>
>> If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough. --
>> Mario Andretti
>>
>>