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software to erase harddrives

Discussion in 'PC hardware help' started by Oneplace, Nov 1, 2010.

  1. Oneplace

    Oneplace Member

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    is there a site that has great software to erase hard drives (free If at all Possible)
    others wise what would you reccomend.
     
    Oneplace, Nov 1, 2010
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    delete partition, create new partition & regular format several times if drive is going to be sold to somebody else.
     
    ddp, Nov 1, 2010
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    gronimo18 Regular member

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    i have this program i got from work that can wipe a hard drive clean i think they got it from freedos.oeg
     
    gronimo18, Nov 2, 2010
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  4. KillerBug

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    It is called diskpart in windows...not free, but included.
     
    KillerBug, Nov 3, 2010
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    ps355528 Active member

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    repartition and format a few times.. hahaha.. and 2 minutes later somebody like me has 90% of the old data back..

    it's called active@killdisk .. thats what you need.. and it's free!!
     
    ps355528, Nov 3, 2010
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  6. KillerBug

    KillerBug Active member

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    It isn't like you should ever sell hard drives anyway; recovery is often possible even after multiple zero-fills...even random fills are not a guarantee.
     
    KillerBug, Nov 5, 2010
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