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No. Zero. Use the default DBAN options.

Yes. I don't get complaints about Dell equipment, so the diagnostic is likely onboard. Past that, ask the vendor this question. Set the verification mode to "all" by pushing 'V' at the blue screen. Days. DBAN often provokes drive defect management, which causes bad sectors to be remapped...

The limiting factor is almost always disk speed or PCI bus capacity. The speed of the CPU is mostly irrelevant, and the Gutmann wipe is not the best method. Read this.

You probably aren't using DBAN. Read the forum rules before continuing this thread.

DBAN can be started from a USB device if the motherboard BIOS supports it. Putting DBAN on a USB device requires some extra work, however. Search the forum for "loadlin" and "usb". A better choice would be to put the disk in a non-broken computer.

"Removable media" are things like floppy disks, CD-R discs, and USB drives. You can buy them from any vendor that sells computer parts. Getting application data out of Microsoft Windows intact is usually difficult. Hire a technician to help you with the backup.

There is a list of similar products at the bottom of the DBAN homepage. Try one.

Please don't shout. This message is safe to ignore. Yes. Ask at one of the security lists.

A variety of factors can prevent the DBAN floppy disk from being properly created. Most often, a virus scanner interferes. Try creating the DBAN floppy disk on another computer. Yes.

The floppy disk is likely bad. Use another new floppy disk, or try the CD-R version of DBAN instead.

The ATA specification requires that a single device be at the end of the cable, but most recent equipment will run well regardless. If the disks are jumpered to "cable select", then the disk at the end of the cable will be the master. If you have a Western Digital disk, then run the Data...

Do these things: 1. Ensure all four disk slots in the BIOS setup program are set to "auto". 2. Ensure that the disk is jumpered to "master", and not "slave" or "cable select". 3. Ensure that the disk is at the end of the cable, not the middle. 4. Run the diagnostic program from the...

Send me a hardware sample and I will make it work.

"Booting up" means to start the computer with the operating system that is on the floppy disk or cd-r disc. The proceedure for changing the boot order is peculiar to the computer. Read the computer manual or contact the vendor for instructions. You will botch this part. Hire a technician to...

DBAN does not wait for dirty arrays to resynchronize. Remove or disassemble all volumes and try DBAN again. The doorbell error can also be caused by a bad cable.

The defaults are safe. Do not change them. Provide more information about what you are trying to do. Knoppix has utilities that can clone a Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP computer. You can't. Store it on a network share or on removable media. Boot with Microsoft Windows installation media and...

http://dban.sourceforge.net/download/beta/changelog.txt

Thanks for the verbose information. It helps. This is usually caused by bad memory. Run the diagnostic from http://www.memtest.org/ on this computer. The wipe may finish if you disable verification by pushing "v" at the blue interactive screen. Wipe this disk in another computer if...

The default DBAN options are safe. Do not change them.

Copy the kernel.bzi file and the initrd.gz file to the C: drive from the CD-ROM drive and start DBAN with loadlin at a DOS prompt. There is a link to loadlin in the FAQ.