Originally posted by: amexblue
I am selling my computer, how can I wipe it clean?
double meaning?Originally posted by: HappyPuppy
Pull the hard drive out and whack it several times with a very large hammer. It is the only sure way to protect your sensitive data.
Originally posted by: Vic
Low level format. Writes a 0 to every sector of the hard drive, even the NSA or CIA couldn't get any info off of it after that.
Go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download their utility for that. Usually takes a couple of hours or so depending on the size of the drive.
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Vic
Low level format. Writes a 0 to every sector of the hard drive, even the NSA or CIA couldn't get any info off of it after that.
Go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download their utility for that. Usually takes a couple of hours or so depending on the size of the drive.
When we sold my wife's PC we did something similiar except we used a program called DBAN. Took about 2 hours with a 20GB drive but the entire drive was wiped C L E A N
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Vic
Low level format. Writes a 0 to every sector of the hard drive, even the NSA or CIA couldn't get any info off of it after that.
Go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download their utility for that. Usually takes a couple of hours or so depending on the size of the drive.
When we sold my wife's PC we did something similiar except we used a program called DBAN. Took about 2 hours with a 20GB drive but the entire drive was wiped C L E A N
Actually, i went through a hdd using a hex editor after using that program (and wipeinfo) and it was NOT clean... about 60% of the info was retrievable...
Originally posted by: amexblue
I am selling my computer, how can I wipe it clean?
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: SnapIT
Originally posted by: RossMAN
Originally posted by: Vic
Low level format. Writes a 0 to every sector of the hard drive, even the NSA or CIA couldn't get any info off of it after that.
Go to the hard drive manufacturer's website and download their utility for that. Usually takes a couple of hours or so depending on the size of the drive.
When we sold my wife's PC we did something similiar except we used a program called DBAN. Took about 2 hours with a 20GB drive but the entire drive was wiped C L E A N
Actually, i went through a hdd using a hex editor after using that program (and wipeinfo) and it was NOT clean... about 60% of the info was retrievable...
Ok well for the average computer user they wouldn't be able to use Norton UnErase or a similiar application.
Originally posted by: Carbonyl
So many answers, which is right?
Originally posted by: TheEvil1
a program called Window Washer will "Clean" you comp to teh level that not even the NSA can retreive teh data
Originally posted by: DanFungus
Originally posted by: Carbonyl
So many answers, which is right?
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