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I need a program, or some way to completely remove all the information off a HDD to the point that it cannot be saved or read again. I want to format it, and reinstall windows and everything, but I want to remove all the data first to the point that no matter how I try, the data cannot be found again.
Kwitko
20 Jan 2007, 8:46pm
There's no way to completely remove data, short of physical destruction of the drive, that is, burning it until it's just ashes.
I think a 35-pass DoD grade disk wipe will do the trick. Try Eraser (http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/).
Pterocarpous
20 Jan 2007, 8:55pm
I need a program, or some way to completely remove all the information off a HDD to the point that it cannot be saved or read again. I want to format it, and reinstall windows and everything, but I want to remove all the data first to the point that no matter how I try, the data cannot be found again.
Seagate's DiscWizard has a Zero Fill Utility. It works on non-Seagate drives as well.
EDIT://
Seagate DiscWizard is a boot disc utility. Eraser, runs w/in the OS.
Pterocarpous
20 Jan 2007, 8:59pm
There's no way to completely remove data, short of physical destruction of the drive, that is, burning it until it's just ashes.
I think a 35-pass DoD grade disk wipe will do the trick. Try Eraser (http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/).
Thanx for the link, Kwitko!! :smiles:
edcentric
20 Jan 2007, 9:19pm
These programs write the enitre drive, first 1, then 0 and so on.
They take a long time to run, but there is no recoverable data what so ever.
Darrik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) will zero fill a drive with an unlimited number of passes.
primesuspect
20 Jan 2007, 10:45pm
killdisk will also do a 35 pass Department of Defense-grade wipe..
That **** can take DAYS though.
Pterocarpous
21 Jan 2007, 12:09am
So, that should do it then. One of these utilities should do the trick...
Active KillDisk (http://www.killdisk.com/downloadfree.htm) (boot disk)
Darik's Boot and Nuke (http://dban.sourceforge.net/) (boot disk)
Eraser (http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/) (Windows)
Seagate DiscWizard (http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard) (boot disk & windows versions)
Good Luck!
airbornflght
21 Jan 2007, 12:26am
lol
like I said, sledgehammer and smoke-wrench.
Pterocarpous
21 Jan 2007, 12:34am
...like I said, sledgehammer and smoke-wrench...
That would certainly work, however, V|P intends to re-use the HDD...
airbornflght
21 Jan 2007, 12:37am
at this point no he doesn't.
Pterocarpous
21 Jan 2007, 12:42am
at this point no he doesn't.
Oh. Really? He didn't let us know here unfortunately. We only had his post (post #1) to go by in determining what he needed.
Oh, well. Good information posted here anyway.
V|P, please, keep us apprised so we know whether you need help any longer or not.. Thankyou. :)
airbornflght
21 Jan 2007, 12:49am
Yeh, I sent him a prog to do the deed about 3 hours ago, he said that wiping the hard drive via software was a little less conspicuous than taking a ten pound sledge to it. I told him I would just take it to my shed, fire up the oxy-acetylene and turn it into a spray of molten metal.
Pterocarpous
21 Jan 2007, 12:52am
Yeh, I sent him a prog to do the deed about 3 hours ago, he said that wiping the hard drive via software was a little less conspicuous than taking a ten pound sledge to it. I told him I would just take it to my shed, fire up the oxy-acetylene and turn it into a spray of molten metal.
ROFLOL! Yeah! I think that'd definetly do the trick (plus it'd be fun!!) :bigggrin:
So, what prog' did ya send 'im?? hmmmmm??? something interesting??? :rolleyes2
airbornflght
21 Jan 2007, 1:40am
ROFLOL! Yeah! I think that'd definetly do the trick (plus it'd be fun!!) :bigggrin:
So, what prog' did ya send 'im?? hmmmmm??? something interesting??? :rolleyes2
and I can guarantee you that no one will recover that data.
Pterocarpous
21 Jan 2007, 1:59am
and I can guarantee you that no one will recover that data.
Is this some sort of IQ test or somethin'........ :scratch:
airbornflght
21 Jan 2007, 2:08am
no.....
GHoosdum
21 Jan 2007, 2:32am
Whatever you do, don't pick a utility that is endorsed by the NSA. According to my wife (she's a cryptographer) anything that the NSA endorses has already been broken or backdoored by the NSA. ;)
primesuspect
21 Jan 2007, 4:05pm
what the hell did you have on there, vash? something illegal? :crazy: :p
what the hell did you have on there, vash? something illegal? :crazy: :p
No... just some things.....
Well, I think I'm going to try killdisk first and go from there.
thwart the caps filter...
YOU HAD PORN. GIGS AND GIGS OF MFING PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL. LOTS OF IT. AND WAREZ.
Pterocarpous
21 Jan 2007, 5:04pm
No... just some things.....
Well, I think I'm going to try killdisk first and go from there.
I don't get it. I thought airborn' sent you a prog' so, case closed... (see posts 9-13) :scratch:
I don't get it. I thought airborn' sent you a prog' so, case closed... (see posts 9-13) :scratch:
It didn't work for some reason, and killdisk sounds so exhilarating. Yes thrax, you got me, it was 250 GB of PR0N
shwaip
21 Jan 2007, 7:11pm
I'll bet it wasn't porn. In general, porn distributors don't go after content thieves. Which leaves movies, music, or programs. Possibly TV shows. (And really, who only has 250 GB of porn).
I'll bet it wasn't porn. In general, porn distributors don't go after content thieves. Which leaves movies, music, or programs. Possibly TV shows. (And really, who only has 250 GB of porn).
No one is after me. My parents may be after me if they saw what was on it. And I've never had more than 1 GB of porn on my HDD....:scratch:
airbornflght
21 Jan 2007, 10:39pm
No one is after me. My parents may be after me if they saw what was on it. And I've never had more than 1 GB of porn on my HDD....:scratch:
only 1gb? Well, I prefer to stream.
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