How do I securely erase my data on my hard drive?
I am planning to sell my laptop soon and I would like to know what program(s) I should run in order to erase the drive so there would be no opportunity to recover the data?
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enon
Jan 17th, 2010 1:47 pm
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Jan 17th, 2010 2:19 pm
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Jan 17th, 2010 2:31 pm
does this program require me to have windows installed to run? is there anything that can run from a USB flash drive?
Jan 17th, 2010 2:32 pm
Jan 17th, 2010 2:38 pm
+1jackrabbit000 wrote: ↑low level format will write zeros to the whole drive.
Jan 17th, 2010 2:44 pm
The data can still be recovered for a price.jackrabbit000 wrote: ↑Low level format will write zeros to the whole drive.
Jan 17th, 2010 2:44 pm
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Jan 17th, 2010 4:28 pm
Used this for a RMA. It worked pretty well and often 1 pass at the DoD short level is enough (3 if you're paranoid and 7 if you're a conspiracy theorist). Takes a very long time though.
Jan 18th, 2010 3:24 pm