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Wiping hard drive

dazzawm

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 9:15AM

I am selling my pc and I need the best way to completely wipe my hard so history, bank details etc cant be got back. Whats the best way or free program to do this please?

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onthelimit1

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 9:54AM

Are you intending to leave the OS on there?

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onthelimit1

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 9:56AM

Some ideas here

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dazzawm

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 9:57AM

No O/S no.

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northumbria61

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 10:33AM

In onthelimit1 list there is ERASER - I have used this in the past and find it excellent.

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spuds

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 1:54PM

You will never 'clean' an hard drive completely, unless you totally destroy it. Forensics have moved on, and there is very little that cannot be obtained from an hard drive if the right equipment and team is used.

Eraser works well, and there are others that 'supposedly' exceed government levels of security, but they come at a price.

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Batch

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Posted December 4, 2012 at 7:48PM

Darik's Boot & Nuke click here

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