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DOD as in Department of Defense? &nbsp;formatting as in erasing? &nbsp;Have you tried Darik's Boot and Nuke - DBAN - <a href="http://dban.sourceforge.net" rel="ugc">http://dban.sourceforge.net</a>
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DOD as in Department of Defense?  formatting as in erasing?  Have you tried Darik's Boot and Nuke - DBAN - http://dban.sourceforge.net [http://dban.sourceforge.net]

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Sorry, the FREWARE version does not have the DoD compliancy, but for 29.95 you can get the PRO version that does... &nbsp;<a href="http://www.killdisk.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.killdisk.com/</a><br />
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Sorry, the FREWARE version does not have the DoD compliancy, but for 29.95 you can get the PRO version that does...  http://www.killdisk.com/ [http://www.killdisk.com/]



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Darik's program does - and it's free. &nbsp;It also has 4 or 5 other methods of erasure. &nbsp;And if you are not satisfied with his program, the web page lists several other options you can choose from.
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Darik's program does - and it's free.  It also has 4 or 5 other methods of erasure.  And if you are not satisfied with his program, the web page lists several other options you can choose from.

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You gotta go with that then, nothing better than free if it's good and DBAN is good. Good job Leew
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You gotta go with that then, nothing better than free if it's good and DBAN is good. Good job Leew

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Hi TheLaptopGuy :-),
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Does anyone know of a program that will give you DOD standard formatting for a HD. A dos based program would be good and if it's free it would be even better?
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Does anyone know of a program that will give you DOD standard formatting for a HD. A dos based program would be good and if it's free it would be even better?

DOD Formatting?

Software is any set of instructions that directs a computer to perform specific tasks or operations. Computer software consists of programs, libraries and related non-executable data (such as documentation). Computer software is non-tangible, contrasted with computer hardware, which is the physical component of computers. Software written in a machine language is known as "machine code". However, in practice, software is usually written in high-level programming languages than machine language. High-level languages are translated into machine language using a compiler or interpreter or a combination of the two.