5.2 Preparing a Bootable CD

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This chapter describes how to create a DOS-bootable CD-ROM that contains the Active@ KillDisk application.

After you have uncompressed KD-SETUP.ZIP, find the ISO file: KILLDISK.ISO.

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In this article, we will walk you through the top 10 hard disk software that you need. These programs involve many powerful features, such as disk and partition management, PC backup, data recovery, disk cleanup, defrag, hard disk repair, hard disk health check, speed test, disk usage analysis, and disk encryption.

This file contains everything you need to boot and launch Active@ KillDisk from a CD. If you have not received this file, you may download it from this link: Download Bootable ISO Image of Active@ KillDisk to burn CD.

Burn KILLDISK.ISO to a blank CD and you are ready to use Active@ KillDisk.

Most CD-R writing software includes a feature to write the contents of an ISO file to a CD. Below are instructions for some popular applications.

ISO Recorder Power Toy (Freeware)

ISO Recorder is a Windows XP freeware utility that uses native Windows XP functions to write images to a CD. You can download this utility from the author's Web page. When the program is installed, it is automatically associated with the ISO file extension in Windows Explorer.

For more information about this utility, visit the author's Web page at isorecorder.alexfeinman.com

To create a CD using ISO Recorder Power Toy:

Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.
Start Windows Explorer.
Locate the ISO file. Right-click the file name, and then click Copy image to CD. The ISO Recorder Wizard appears.
Follow the steps in the wizard to write the image to the CD.

Another alternate method:

In Microsoft Explorer, right-click your CD drive and choose Copy Image to CD.
In the new window browse to the ISO file and click Next.

Nero - Burning ROM (Ahead Software)

You can use Nero Burning ROM to record a CD from an ISO file. For more information about this program, visit the Ahead Software Web site at: www.ahead.de

To create a CD if you have installed Nero - Burning ROM:

Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.
Start Nero Burning.
Follow the wizard steps to burn a Disk Image.
In the Open dialog box, select the ISO file, and then click Open.
In the wizard, click Burn to write the image to the CD.

EasyCD Creator (Roxio)

You can use EasyCD Creator to create a CD from an ISO file. When the program is installed, it is automatically associated with the ISO file extension in Windows Explorer. For more information about this program, visit the Roxio Web site at: www.roxio.com

Steps to create a CD if you have installed EasyCD Creator:

Insert a blank CD in your CD-RW drive.
Start Windows Explorer.
Locate the ISO file. Right-click the file name, and then click Open to start EasyCD.
In the Write Method section of the CD Creation Setup dialog box, click Disk at Once for optimum recording performance.
Click OK to write the image to the CD.

WinISO

WinISO is a CD-ROM image file utility that can convert binary files to ISO, extract/edit/create ISO files directly, make bootable CDs and act as a BIN/ISO converter/extractor/editor. For more information, visit www.winiso.com.

UltraISO

This tool allows you to create, edit, convert and burn CD and DVD images. Files and folders can be extracted from ISO/BIN files, and you can make ISO from your DVD or CD-ROM or hard disk. For more information, visit www.tucows.com.

A lot of computer users will know that when you delete a file, it isn’t actually completely gone from the system and can often be recovered with a simple piece of data recovery software. This fact is especially important if you are giving away or selling an old computer system / hard drive, or just letting someone borrow an external hard drive or even USB stick because the other user could easily recover data you thought was gone, posing a major security risk.

Even a format and reinstall of the operating system in that situation still doesn’t mean all the old data is completely safe from being recovered by others. The same thing applies to external storage media like USB sticks or memory cards, and these are perhaps more important as they are far more likely to change hands than internal devices.

What you can do is make sure that before a hard drive, SSD or USB stick goes to somebody else, temporarily or permanently, any data that you don’t ever want to be read by others or recovered from these devices gets wiped clean and cannot be retrieved. One way is to wipe the free space on the drive meaning only those files currently visible can be viewed. Another way is to completely wipe the drive or partition clean so no data at all is left on it and nothing at all can be recovered. Here’s a selection of tools that can perform this task and wipe a hard drive clean making it more secure before it leaves your possession.

1. Darik’s Boot And Nuke (DBAN)

DBAN is a very well known and respected data wiping tool that runs from a bootable disc and is great for when you want to sanitize more than a single drive or system drive because it can automatically erase all found partitions. Burn the ISO to CD or create a bootable USB stick and boot to DBAN. Press Enter at the prompt to be taken to interactive mode where you choose your settings. If you type autonuke at the prompt, IT WILL ERASE ALL DRIVES WITHOUT CONFIRMATION, so is something you should be very careful with.

In interactive mode you can change the PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator) type, the number of rounds to perform each method and the type of wiping method used. There are 6 to choose from ranging from a basic zero fill, to the default 3 pass DOD Short, DOD standard (7 pass), RCMP (8 pass), Gutmann (35 pass) and the recommended PRNG random data fill which the number of passes is determined by the rounds set. DBAN is a powerful tool but could also be dangerous in inexperienced hands, use with care.

Download Darik’s Boot And Nuke

2. HDShredder

The free version of HDShredder is quite limited in functions compared to the paid versions, but can still perform a 1 pass erase on whole hard drives (not partitions). It doesn’t make clear though whether it is a 0 fill or random fill type of method used in the single pass so maybe is not the software to choose if the drive is going to somebody you don’t know.

The good news is the program comes in a portable Windows executable, an IMG floppy image and also an ISO CD/USB image all included in the zip file so you have multiple ways to get the erasing done. A hex viewer is available to inspect the drive for data and multiple drives can be selected at once using the MultiShred tick box. The Windows program works on XP and above.

Download HDShredder

3. Parted Magic Eraser

Parted Magic with GParted is one of the best Linux bootable CD environments around today for partitioning and erasing hard drives and is also recommended by companies like Corsair for erasing SSD’s. Simply download the Parted Magic ISO and write it to CD or USB and boot from it. These days the Disk Eraser icon is on the desktop, but if yours isn’t it’s found in the Start menu -> System Tools.

In the main window will be options to zero the MBR, drive or partition using different methods, and for multi pass options there’s the NWipe tool which is actually a fork from and very similar to Darik’s wiping tool in DBAN. The Internal Secure Erase method is the most important because it issues the ATA erase command found in the firmware of nearly all drives since 2001. This is more secure than overwriting w

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