Enron data retrieval

[Cian O'Connor]

> Many software tools offer "government wipe" ability
(or an approximation 
> thereof), including the Norton Utilities WipeFile
plus the freeware tools 
> Eraser and File Wipe For DOS). You can find many
others by searching your 
> favorite download site.
> 
> In most cases, running a thorough government wipe on
a hard drive is about 
> all you'll need before sending it in for repair,
selling it, discarding it, 
> or passing it on to someone else.

There are companies that will recover data from this
level. They're not terribly
expensive (expensive at a personal level, but not for
this kind of investigation), 
and I imagine the FBI has equivalent technology
expertise. I'm pretty doubtful that
Anderson's ran a "government wipe" though - they were
in panic mode. 

Of course if one doesn't know which computers were
wiped, everything becomes a little more difficult.

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