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Erase HDDs A Quicker Way?

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Sammy5000

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Hey All...

Please excuse the newb question here. Is there any way to erase the contents of a hard drive without actually hooking it up to a PC? I took down a system which had three SATA drives with a blown mobo. I wanted to clear out the SATA hdds, but since I do not have another mobo (with SATA), I think I am stuck.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance, folks.
 
Just get a cheap SATA adapter. Only around $20. There's no other way to get rid of the data than using software like Eraser or crushing the drive with a steam roller or trip hammer. You could use a stand-alone drive tester/cloner but those cost as much as a PC...

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: Zepper
Just get a cheap SATA adapter. Only around $20. There's no other way to get rid of the data than using software like Eraser or crushing the drive with a steam roller or trip hammer. You could use a stand-alone drive tester/cloner but those cost as much as a PC...

.bh.
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Agreed you need a program that will zero out the hard drive completely otherwise the data can be recovered with a few off the shelf programs.
 
Bang the drive on concrete a few times. Asphalt will not do because it is softer than concrete.
 
I saw video tape erasers on ebay for like 40 bucks its basically a super magnet that you need to plug in ...not sure if it would have any affect though...just seems cool
 
Originally posted by: HDTVMan
Originally posted by: Zepper
Just get a cheap SATA adapter. Only around $20. There's no other way to get rid of the data than using software like Eraser or crushing the drive with a steam roller or trip hammer. You could use a stand-alone drive tester/cloner but those cost as much as a PC...

.bh.
Click to expand...


Agreed you need a program that will zero out the hard drive completely otherwise the data can be recovered with a few off the shelf programs.
Click to expand...


You can recover data with off-shelf software?? I didn't know that... I thought you had to take them to an expensive lab for that kind of work. What are some examples of these programs? I am bored and curious about what's on my HD's empty space 🙂
 
Don't use a magnet unless you want to destroy the drive.
I use UniversalBootDisk to zero write the disk.
 
I have partition magic 8 installed, and I found under Delete Partition there's an option for "Secure Erase". That should be sufficient for making data recovery impossible, correct?
 
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