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Yes, you can pull the DBAN media and use it in another computer after you see the "Please wait..." prompt. The DBAN media need not be in the drive during the wipe.

The official release of DBAN does not power off the computer. Try http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dban ... p?download and send me the log file.

Verification mode reads back each pass of the wipe and compares it to what was written. Each difference is an error. Runtime usually doubles because most disks read data at approximately the same speed as they write data.

The program cannot return to the "boot:" prompt. You can rerun dwipe, or any other program, by customizing the rc script.

You must customize the rc file in the initrd file and repack DBAN. Note that pxelinux is usually a better choice than pxeboot.

DBAN might run very slowly with a bad hard drive. If you have time, then try the latest beta, which might be faster.

What was the error? Post or mail the log file.

Try starting the Windows XP installation media first. If it asks you to insert your Windows ME media instead of checking the hard disk for a Microsoft operating system, then you can use DBAN and not reinstall Windows ME. Past that, call Gateway technical support and ask them whether their...

Open the A:\SYSLINUX.CFG file with WordPad and search for "LABEL autonuke". The autonuke label may change between releases.

First, check the SMART log on the hard disk, perhaps with a program from the vendor. Second, run Memtest86 on the computer: http://www.memtest86.com/ One of these diagnostics will probably report a failure.

Spiffy. Yes, some SATA devices will appear as SCSI devices.

If you have a computer with an Intel i915/ICH6 chipset on which DBAN runs slowly, then please try the latest beta and report any differences in performance.

Okay, some of the drivers in DBAN do not recognize the HPA, and no explicit check is made for it. I have put this on the TODO list.

DBAN does not have this option.

Visit http://dban.sourceforge.net/ and click on the "CD-R/CD-RW version" link. Download the ISO image file, and use your CD mastering software to burn it to media.

Note that the quick wipe is the best method if you just wish to reinstall the operating system.

First, post the log file here or mail it to me. Second, what program are you using that says that the HPA was not wiped?

The dwipe process calls fdatasync() at the end of each pass, which asks the system to commit all buffers. The [syncing] notice stays on the console until the fdatasync() call returns.

The numbers that you see in DBAN are for three rolling intervals: one minute, ten five minutes, and fifteen minutes. These are the same numbers that you would get from the `top` or `uptime` programs.

The unix "load average" is a measurement of system activity. An idle computer has a load average of 0. A process that can use all CPU time adds 1 point to the load average. A process that is waiting for I/O to happen also adds 1 point to the load average. You can think of a load average...