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  • Does not work on modern computers. In addition, safe removal is questionable because the program has not been updated for more than 10 years. A better overwriting program is ShredOS x86_64 - Disk Eraser, which is an updated version of the DBAN program.
  • DBAN is an excellent wipe program. It features many options and is very solid (as software goes). I have only ever had one issue with DBAN and it turned out to NOT be DBAN but the disc itself. I highly recommend it. My only complaint is that it takes a bit of time to load and start to execture.
  • Nwipe/ShredOS is the maintained version of DBAN and fixes many of the bugs and security issues with DBAN. DBAN does not recognise modern devices, it's implementation of Isaac is a huge security risk, DBAN can actually write uninitialised memory to the disc you are supposedly wiping if you select Isaac as a command line option! If you like DBAN you really want to check out ShredOS x86_64. 32 bit also available. GitHub(dot)com/partialVolume . Nwipe is also available in most Linux distros and is available as usb or .iso images to create a USB or CD/DVD bootable advanced version of DBAN. ShredOS/nwipe supports more wipe methods, prngs that work properly and drive temperature monitoring, plus UEFI and bios bootable, better logging, wipe and error summary tables. ShredOS can wipe headless systems via the network and export logs on your LAN via lftp and still remain easy to use if you don't need those features. You can create customised USB bootable devices if you want nwipe to always run using a specific method or even create a bootable autonuke stick.
  • It's a amazing project, tried it first time back in 2011 . Fully functional and great and easy to use , only one thing i hope it updates much frequently last update was in 2015 which a lot have change since then .
  • Fantastic. Needed to clean lousy 2014 Lenovo Windows laptop that could barely function. Used RUFUS on another system to create USB bootable key drive of the DBAN iso. Booted it and ran "autonuke" to clean the laptop prior to recycling.
  • I've been using this for years, it works flawlessly and I know when it's complete everything is gone!
  • Works like a charm! My setup: Sun fire 4500 Thumper; Disks: 48; Size: 48TB; Time for short DoD 5220.22-M for all of them: 135 hours. Autonuke used. Simply perfect!!!!
  • Works like a dream and process is smooth as butter if u can read and know how to press buttons on a keyboard and follow instructions as if you were playing Stanley's Parable or something. (You'd be surprised how many people folded when they see it looks related to a command line interface when it isn't.) Excellent program, and highly effective. I am not sure about the support of the program cause like, I never had to contact them cause of how simple this is so I'll just put "Excellent."
  • so super easy to use. make USB bootable using RUFUS. set bios to boot from USB. Type autonuke DONE! 10/10 this works
  • Seriously, FLICK this POS. Can't open "/proc/cmdline"...over and over and over despite MULTIPLE bios changes (Asus ROG STRIX Z270F). No OS, booted straight off CD to erase ALL connected drives. FAIL after FAIL. FLICK it, drilled a hole through one, will keep the other two for back ups. Useless obsolete GARBAGE.
  • Seemed to be working fine until I got to the point of typing in autonuke, which is the fully automated command. It then seems to just display an ad and do nothing (e.g., no hard disk activity light or usb log activity light). Using the interactive mode instead, it allowed me to select what drives I wanted to erase and then started to erase them (with hard disk activity light now constantly on). The mediocre rating is due to the ad and lack of explanation on if anything is suppose to be happening when the ad is displayed. Update: the quick erase resulted in a kernel panic. The DoD short seems to work OK (it hasn't finished yet, 22 hours estimated).
  • Takes a long time to do this, but it's worth it. On my older Dell Laptop, DBAN wouldn't recognize the F10 keys, etc. So, I pulled out an older keyboard, plugged it in. Upon booting up, Dell wouldn't recognize the keyboard, so I used the keypad on the laptop to boot to the DVD drive. Then, once I had DBAN up and running, I used the attached keyboard for F10, etc. I see that some people had trouble with the program not working because the F10 key didn't respond, so I think this may be one way to work around that for some people at least.
  • I used this product to wipe the hard drive of a Toshiba Satellite running Windows Vista. The product works exactly as advertised. It is simple to use although some knowledge of operating systems beyond that of the casual user is required. The 1-star reviews for this product tend to be from users who misunderstood either the purpose of the software or how to apply it correctly. You will need a third-party ISO burner and possibly some extra outside advice; I used How To Boot From a CD, DVD, or BD Disc and How To Wipe a Hard Drive on About.com's PC Support pages.
  • Pretty good program. I used it on a 750 GB drive not only to erase but to verify if it had some bad sectors. Took a whole lot longer than I thought it would.Took around 45 hours to erase and verify 10 errors/bad sectors. To Be honest I like it,was very thewarowl. re-checked with another program. I never used support so can't give a true rating on that.
  • This program worked GREAT!!!! I had a Dell Laptop that had a virus. no mater how many times I re-formatted hard drive, and re-loaded windows. still unable to use my laptop. until I found DBAN. takes a while to whip the hard drive clean. but now I can use my computer again.*************
  • I'm so glad this is a free utility, it saved me a headache or two :) There's a stupid security program called Sentinel HASP and any program that is protected by it, they generate an ID on your hard drive. It's a super invisible file that exists outside the file system and can't be deleted in Windows. A format/reinstall doesn't always overwrite this ID file (super invisible file? wtf???) DBAN Nuked it's @$$ lol, gone forever. Thanks DBAN!!!
  • DBAN is no longer officially maintained and does not work on newer chipsets (such as Haswell) due to outdated drivers. Please see [#65] in the bugs forum for information about an updated version.
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  • good day i download this in did every thing right but when i hit F10 to start the wipe nothing happen i need some help please
  • Frustrating...guess it either does not work in Windows 8.1/TOSHIBA new laptop I got or am missing something. downloaded it several times and burned ISO to both USB and DVD, changed BIOS boot-order and it keeps booting into Windows......grrrrrrr.
  • I downloaded the image, wrote the iso image to a CD and booted it on my old PC. Easy. The wipe is running now. Why would anyone leave additional USB devices attached to a computer they were wiping? A little common sense (quite lacking these days) makes your life easier. Thanks!
  • No longer in the spirit of open source, killed off for Blancco's commercial interests... money talks ? lol
  • Thank you so much for what you do. I had a computer with very sensitive financial data on it, and I really didn't know what to do. I only had to press on button (F3). Thank you so much because I know you could make a lot more money in the private section. Now only if you had a DONATE button on your website.
  • Only distributed as a CD-ROM, which wastes plastic. Yes I know I can make a bootable USB/PXE from an ISO. Log file doesnt write to USB. Who has a floppy drive anymore? Finishes with full screen advertising for Blancco. Many unanswered questions in bugs/forums. No support for newer hardware No longer maintained. No longer in the spirit of open source, killed off for Blancco's commercial interests.
    2 users found this review helpful.
  • Fairly Simple To Use
  • I/O/I/OI/O ERASER blank and bleach your HDD more white than white let down M$$$$$$$ migrate to free and open source if you can did you heard about trisquel distribution it's funny to read how stupid american citizens plenty of cash dont know how a live cd work poor facebook generation keep eating your silicon crap from your nasdaq here we are able to became independant here is sourceforge you know this live cd is for people who want blank thats all just a screen with simple instructions not for newbies and beginners who dont know a pc work download burn it configure your bios on cd boot choose that you want to do and be patient is crystal clear but maybe you need to call crimosoft support if you dont know how to use it!
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