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Old 09-03-2007, 08:52 AM   #3
Flint
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I think Norton (?) does something called "Government Wipe" which writes all 0s, then all 1s, and repeats seven times.

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Originally Posted by cNet
When you select Government Wipe, Wipe Info does the following:

Overwrites the data with 00s
Verifies the 00 overwrite
Overwrites with FFs
Verifies the FF overwrite
Writes a random value, or a value that you choose from 00 to FF
Verifies the random overwrite
Reverifies the random overwrite to ensure that it was written correctly
Repeats as many times as you specify, up to 100
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