08-31-15 19:14 NANCY BACKUS wrote to ED VANCE about DBAN  was: Mods
Howdy! Nancy,

 NB> {at}MSGID: 
 -=> Quoting Ed Vance to Daryl Stout on 08-27-15  12:44 <=-

 EV>>DBAN iirc means Daryl's Boot And Nuke is another program I've heard
 EV>>as good as Eraser.
 DS>>   It wasn't me who had the Boot And Nuke program. I just said I
 DS>> was going to turn the useless computer into the shop, and have
 DS>> them format the drive, and use it for parts. That way, it
 DS>> doesn't cost me any extra time or money.

 EV> I meant the D in DBAN meant Daryl, but not You.
 EV> The D may stand for another name I didn't look up the meaning, I wrote
 EV> about it off the top of Ed's Head TM.

 NB> I wonder if the D might not stand for Disk... as in Disk Boot
 NB> and Nuke... :)

It's Darik's Nuke And Boot instead of Daryl's Nuke And Boot.

I can't say I'm losing it because I've already lost it.  

 EV> I've heard Eraser or DBAN does a better job of covering over what was
 EV> on a HDD than just doing a Full Format does.
 EV> I'd Reuse the HDD but if it had to leave my possession I would use
 EV> BOTH of the above programs first, and then let it go.
 EV> I'm Paranoid, but You knew that.

 NB> Sometimes one just has to be a little... and I have a tagline
 NB> for that... ;)

 NB> ttyl      neb

 NB> ... I am not unrealistically pessimistic, I am realistically
 NB> paranoid.

New one for me, Thanks!

Ed


... How come monosyllabic has so many syllables?
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