¢Wipe disk¢---------¢¢This program is a small utility for¢use with IDE hard drives. Its purpose¢is to wipe (fill with zeros) a¢partition. It may be useful if you¢want to completely, physically erase¢all data previously saved on that¢partition.¢¢Of course, that job may take a while,¢as the program needs to physically¢write all sectors on the selected¢partition. The time depends on the¢size of the partition and on disk¢type you have. For example, wiping¢a 16 MB partition on a Quantum 170MB¢takes about 5 min. what gives an¢average speed about 60 kilobytes¢per second.¢¢After done that, you'll need to¢soft-format the wiped disk in order¢to build new directories on it.¢¢The program can't be used with¢floppies, SCSI drives, or another IDE¢interfaces.¢¢Enjoy,¢Draco¢¢PS. Please use this program with some¢ care...¢
