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Old 01-31-2010, 12:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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hi evry body .could some one telme how to get free of charge ,software for wiping my hard drive?? pc XP thanx
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Old 01-31-2010, 12:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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My only suggestion is to NOT use file sharing peer to peer programs.

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Old 01-31-2010, 12:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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hi evry body .could some one telme how to get free of charge ,software for wiping my hard drive?? pc XP thanx
What do you want to delete? I won't tell anyone... and trust me nobody is reading this.

I link to a site I just Googled that should be OK but I never tried them myself so your on your own..seriously I don't know.

Talk to me sapounadas.
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Old 01-31-2010, 03:02 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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CBL. google it.
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Old 01-31-2010, 04:46 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Old 02-02-2010, 08:16 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing
Run quickwipe, or the DoD Short Wipe if you're really paranoid. There are plenty of people here and on other forums who will tell you to run the 35-pass Gutman Wipe "to be safe," but one pass of random data is more than enough to make your data unrecoverable by anyone who is governed by the laws of physics.
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Old 02-02-2010, 01:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
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If you just want to permanently erase single/a few files instead of the whole drive, check our Eraser: Eraser | Get Eraser at SourceForge.net

Otherwise, Darik's Boot and Nuke (Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing) is the way to go, like MSD said.
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Old 02-03-2010, 10:55 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I've been using DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke) for years, not because I have anything to hide, but to eliminate the possibility of ghosting and artifacts when switching from Japaneses to English OS. Sometimes it's quick, sometimes it takes for-fucking- ever, but it's always effective. DBAN is good because it installs a bit of linux in your RAM to run the program, so it wipes everything including the boot sectors. It's as close as you can get to a brand-new virgin HD.
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Old 02-03-2010, 12:31 PM   #9 (permalink)
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another vote for DBAN! good stuff I know several companies/organizations use it to erase sensitive data.
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Old 02-03-2010, 01:53 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I'm getting a replacement PC tomorrow and used ERASER on the empty space. Ver 6 didn't work because .net 3.5 wouldn't load in my environment for whatever reason but 5.8 worked great.
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Old 02-03-2010, 05:43 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I regularly use eraser to wipe free space, especially after a de-frag. It is awesome when you are in a windows environment. DBAN boots to the RAM, so there is no need for the boot sector of the HD, which means you get a completely wiped HD. If you use DBAN, make sure you want everything gone because that's what it does. 100% blank DOD overwritten HD.
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Old 03-02-2010, 07:24 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing
Run quickwipe, or the DoD Short Wipe if you're really paranoid. There are plenty of people here and on other forums who will tell you to run the 35-pass Gutman Wipe "to be safe," but one pass of random data is more than enough to make your data unrecoverable by anyone who is governed by the laws of physics.

I found this several years ago while working for the local government. They have been using it ever since. Some how they are convinced that all their drives need to be wiped using the full DoD method.


However DBan is an awesome program. It's earned a permanent place in my tech tool kit.
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