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11-20-2003, 09:16 PM
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free zero fill utility
anyone know of a zero fill utility that is free and will work on any type of HD
thanks craig
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11-20-2003, 09:20 PM
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I've always used this from QDI. Its worked on every drive I tried it on. As always, use at your own risk and follow the onscreen instructions.
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11-21-2003, 11:37 AM
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I've also heard good reports about KillDisk, which has a free version you can download from http://www.killdisk.com.
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11-21-2003, 11:44 AM
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If your familiar with linux you can do it with the "dd" command:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdx where 'x' corresponds to the device file for the drive. The manufacturer's utility is always best though because they check for bad sectors much better. |
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11-21-2003, 01:30 PM
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I have used killdisk, that Miz mentioned, several times with good results.
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11-21-2003, 08:08 PM
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thanks, guys, i downloaded hal's and it worked perfectly
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11-23-2003, 01:10 PM
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How long did it take?I just used WD"s zero fill on an 80 gig and it took over 8 hours.
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11-23-2003, 01:19 PM
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shifty,i just used WD zero fill on a 40 gig drive and it took about 20 minutes,didn't have a lot on the drive,maybe that makes a difference.it was much faster than the maxtor zero fill.
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11-23-2003, 06:24 PM
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20 minutes!Wow.Am I doing something wrong.I've done it a few times and it always took a long time.Are you sure your doing the zero and not the extended test?
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11-23-2003, 06:49 PM
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I recently used Killdisk on a 60GB Maxtor with about 10G's on it. It took a couple of hours or more.
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11-23-2003, 07:45 PM
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for a 10 gig hd it took a while. i put it in at 11 at night and when i woke up at 6 the next morning it was done. guess i can't give a real estimate, but i sat and watched it till midnight and it was not very far in, so i don't know.
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12-02-2003, 05:17 PM
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shifty i put the disk in(didn't run)just to make sure and i had used zero fill.thats the first time i had used wd zero fill and was suprised too.that was on a 40 gig drive.
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