|
|||||||
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
07-26-2007, 07:28 AM
|
#1 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 729
|
Wipe the drive
Hello all
I have a hard drive that Im going to give to someone to use but have years of files from work on the drive. The information could be very harmful to my company if ever retrieved. I have formatted the drive but would like to do what’s commonly called as a ( government wipe ) on the drive witch I think means after doing so no one can ever retrieve data from the drive. Dos anyone know of a good program that will do what im looking for. Thanks ahead of time |
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 07:44 AM
|
#2 |
|
Staff
Premium Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Doncaster, UK
Posts: 3,554
|
The Ultimate Boot CD (www.ultimatebootcd.com) has tools on there that will 'zero fill' the drive, theoretically making data unrecoverable.
__________________
-FK- "Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw, The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow, In Flanders fields." - John McCrae, May 1915 |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 07:57 AM
|
#3 |
|
Computing Professor
Staff
Premium Member
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 11,639
|
There's also dban just for things like that : http://dban.sourceforge.net/
__________________
Asus M4A77D, 64 X2 6000+, 4 GB Corsair DDR2 800 ram, Radeon 5770. |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 10:50 AM
|
#4 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 785
|
Also active@kill disk.
__________________
1: HTPC: Intel BadAxe2 / Intel Core2 Duo E6600 / Corsair XMS2 DDR2 800 2GB + TeamElite DDR2 800 1GB / Galaxy GT430 / Seagate 320GB SATA3.0 7200.10 / LG DVD-RW / Seagate 250GB UltraATA100 / Samsung FDD / PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610 / Cooler Master Centurion 534 / Vizio 55" LCD / Win 7 Ultimate 2: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3 / AMD Phenom II X4 955 / Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 8GB / Asus ATI Radeon EAH3850/G / Seagate 500GB SATA3.0 7200.11 + 1 GB 7200.12 / Samsung DVDRW / Asus DVD-ROM / Sony FDD / Corsair 550W PSU CMPSU-550VX / Cooler Master Mystique Case / HannsG 19" LCD / Klipsch Pro Media 2.1 / Windows Vista Ultimate |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 12:37 PM
|
#5 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 729
|
You guys rule . Thank you so much !!!!!
So wile were on the subject of wiping drives what program would you recommended I could use to recover lost data ,…. 
|
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 12:56 PM
|
#6 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 785
|
I was pretty pleased with File Scavenger when I dumbly formatted a hdd and installed Xp over my data .... Got back about 90% of my important stuff.
|
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 12:58 PM
|
#7 |
|
Member (11 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Mt. Hope, NY
Posts: 1,208
 |
First try PCInspector It's free and works pretty good. If that doesn't work you might have to pony up a some coin and get a commercial package. I have used Stellar Fat and NTFS with success and I am sure others have their own recommendations. HTH.
__________________
Asus P5ND2-SLi-Deluxe Mobo, Intel 3.0ghz P4 w/ht, 2 GB CORSAIR 667 DDR2, 1 GB Ultra DDR2 533 mhz PC4200 ram, BFGTech Nvidia 6600 GT OC SLi video card, WD 4000KS OEM SATA II HDD, Seagate 320gb SATA II HDD 7200rpm, WD 320 gb SATA II HDD, Creative Soundblaster Audigy Platinum, Sony DRU 720 DVD-RW, LG GCE8240B CD-RW, Maddog Multimedia 500w modular PSU & WinXP Pro SP2, Samsung BF960 19" LCD. |
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 05:35 PM
|
#8 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 729
|
Guys I love this program Active KillDisk but I have the free one and when Im wiping it says low securite one pass zeros , Dos that mean its not doing a good wipe and someone can still come and find things on the drive
|
|
|
|
|
07-26-2007, 07:07 PM
|
#10 |
|
Computing Professor
Staff
Premium Member
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 11,639
|
The more times a disk is overwritten the more (higher) the security level, according to government standards.
More here : http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/..._harddrive.asp As a practical consideration, unless the NSA is on your tail or you're donating the drive to the computer lab at MIT one or two passes should do it. |
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| recovering files from hard drive using hard drive enclosure | Raye | Computer Hardware | 5 | 06-14-2007 02:42 AM |
| Probs installing hard drive | Regan6 | Computer Hardware | 4 | 10-08-2005 02:41 PM |
| BM7 partition damage, bios error, a virus ? | mullardel34 | Computer Hardware | 5 | 07-07-2004 02:40 PM |
| "Floppy Drive E:/" | Shiraz | Windows Legacy Support (XP and earlier) | 2 | 08-03-2002 01:31 PM |
| Best way to completely wipe a drive clean? | Paul Victorey | General Discussion | 21 | 06-27-2002 09:24 AM |
Linear Mode
