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Run Memtest86+ on this computer. It will likely fail. Past that, provide model and manufacturer information for the hard drive and the controller.[/url]

Run the registry editor and look at this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\MountedDevices If \DosDevices\D: and \DosDevices\E: exist here, then they have been assigned to devices. Reassign these devices. If these do not exist here, then the Microsoft Windows is installation is broken...

Yes, if you run DBAN interactively, then you can select each partition individually, which will keep the partition table intact. This does not wipe slack space, but the operating system should not have been using unallocated space. No, not with DBAN. Drive letters are a fiction of the...

You can change letter mappings by opening "Administrative Tools" from the control panel, clicking "Computer Management", and clicking "Disk Management".

They're gone: http://dban.sourceforge.net/faq/#reinstallation You must choose manual partitioning during installation to get anything other than the default C: filesystem.

DBAN defeats this technique. The effectiveness of this technique would be furthermore reduced by additional rounds.

This is not a significant issue because the mechanical tolerances in modern hard drives are very tight. It could be applicable to recovering data from failed hardware. Please provide links to any papers that discusss the issue so that I may read them.

Okay, thanks for the report. If you wish to proceed with DBAN troublshooting, then start it with "verbose" at the boot prompt and report the last three lines before it hangs.

WinImage reduced my install-related support load by approximately 90% because, in part: It does media verification. WinImage is blocked by fewer anti-virus programs. It runs properly under Windows NT 4.0, whereas rawrite does not. The white-on-black console frightens and upsets people. The user...

You probably have an SATA controller with a bad BIOS implementation. Microsoft Windows will probably install if you push F6 at startup and provide a vendor driver. Past that, follow the posting rules and provide hardware information.

Try starting DBAN with 'nofloppy' at the boot prompt. If it still hangs, then start DBAN with 'verbose' at the boot prompt and report where it hangs. The link to the KillDisk product is http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm.

Yes.

No. Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 will be able to use the entire hard disk at installation time.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61951&package_id=72235 Qualify that as the defaults in DBAN are safe. Ask this in the Heidi Eraser forum. Create an empty filesystem that spans the entire disk and then run a freespace wipe on it.

The latest DBAN beta has a variety of new RAID drivers. DBAN may run on this hardware if you disable all RAID volumes and export each disk in JBOD mode. New Promise chipsets are usually poorly supported because the vendor provides poor drivers. DBAN is crashing on this computer. Start it...

Read the second entry in the DBAN FAQ and use one of the recommended burning programs.

Download the CD-R/CD-RW version of DBAN and burn the ISO file directly to blank media. Do not unpack the ISO file. Do not modify the ISO file. Do not change the default settings of your burning software. The ZIP file contains only the floppy version of DBAN.

Include this information if you post a question or a support request to this forum: The DBAN release that you are trying to use. (eg: dban-1.0.6) The DBAN media that you are trying to use. (eg: floppy disk) The computer manufacturer and model information. (eg: Dell OptiPlex 170L) The exact...

This is usually fixed by unplugging main power and letting the computer cool down. In worse cases, the BIOS battery must be removed. Also double-check that your Microsoft Windows installation media is really bootable.