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Question : Trading in my old dell notebook to Tigerdirect, what application can I use to scrub my old hard drive?
Its an old dell laptop that runs on win 2000.
- asked by ongraiden
All Answers: Answer #1just reinstall windows and format .. if theres really sensitive information on it u could slavethe drive in another machine and use partitionmagic to delete and secure erase it first ...
- answered by dze
Answer #2
Just reformat the HD and your HD should be clean.
- answered by Warren C
Answer #3
Just put in the recovery discs and completelyrestore win 2000 back to brand new
- answered by bahs313
Answer #4
If you have the full install disk you can run itsix times and run a full format every time - eventhe FBI cannot read it after that
- answered by startrektosnewenterpriselovethem
Answer #5
Partition magic would be a good choice you canjust boot to the CD then delete the partition onthe hard drive and all it lost.Hope thathelpsKevinThe following are some of my personalwebsites
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- answered by Kevin
Answer #6
Use one of the following methods. These willoverwrite all data on the hard drive.DOD 522.220-Mrequires 3 overwrite passesNSA requires 5overwrite passesDarik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN)free
http://www.download.com/Darik-s-Boot-and-Nuke/3000-2092_4-10165154.html
http://dban.sourceforge.net/DBAN will automatically and completely deletethe contents of any hard disk that it can detect,which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk oremergency data destruction.
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=194873&messageID=2115918"You can findout the manufacturer of your HD and then attemptto download the formatting tool created by thatmanufacturer for their HD's. Most HD Mnufactuerhave a Zero Fill Low level formatting toolavailable to erase their HD products. This willclean any existing OS files from your system aswell as any viruses other files etc.."Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser (Free version/ $29.95enhanced version)
http://www.killdisk.com/Freeversion limited to 1 erasure pass and first harddrive.Active@ KillDisk - Hard Drive Eraser ispowerful and compact DOS software that allows youto destroy all data on hard and floppy drivescompletely, excluding any possibility of futurerecovery of deleted files and folders. It's a harddrive and partition eraserutility.------------------------------...When youformat enter "fdisk /mbr" to format the masterbootrecord.
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6132_102-0.html?forumID=32&threadID=49909&messageID=593967Reformat and install.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/313348
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/winxp/install.mspx
http://www.whitecanyon.com/reformat-the-hard-drive-in-windows-xp.php
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0910/32l10/32l10.asp
- answered by ray_8128
Answer #7
This will ensure no "data miners" get to your dataoff the old computer:
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
- answered by MikeTwo
Answer #8
Here's one you mighttry:
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
- answered by bobbydigits
Answer #9
Evidence Eliminatorâ„¢ is one of the best thingsout there..its not a free program but will doeverything you need. This might help you out. putthis in your browser and it will tell youeverything you want . mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20F iles \Evidence%20Eliminator \Help \ee. chm::/ Welcome. htm <--- remove all the spaces in the link. hope thishelps. If all else fails...put your restore CD inthe CD ROM and restore your computer back the wayit was when you first bought it
- answered by Netra
Answer #10
dont reformat!!!!!!!!!!!! that is stupid... justbecause the hd says there is nothing on it doesntmean its gone.... any hacker or even detectivetype people or anyone who knows computers can getinto it easily.... im not sure about partitionmagic but i dont really trust any software todelete data on a hard drive....there are 3 typesof reformatting... and there is only 2 availablefrom software,1st is a quick format and thecomputer just says the data is gone, but it isstill there...the second is a medium format orjust a regular format, which the computer goesthrough the hd and erases data by sectors, itsbetter but you can still find data.the third isthe computer gives every space on the hd a 1 or a0 but takes forever and can damage the disk....but there is no data on it afterwards. i wouldeither not send the disk or ask a computer placewhat they use to wipe a hard drive...DONT USEREFORMAT....
- answered by jjaenagle
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