Anyone know a free data deletion program for HDDs?

Guttboy · Dec 21, 2007, 09:01 PM

Hi all,

Anyone know of a good free data deletion program to wipe data off of a hard drive? I want to kill the data on a hard drive before returning it. It is the only hard drive in the laptop.

Regards,

Dr. Spankenstein · Dec 21, 2007, 09:10 PM

DBAN or Derik's Boot and Nuke. Best out there for free.

Guttboy · Dec 21, 2007, 09:11 PM

Thanks I will give it a try!!!!

Solaris17 · Dec 21, 2007, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr. Spankenstein

DBAN or Derik's Boot and Nuke. Best out there for free.

+1 i nuke everything with this even meets GOVT standards interpool canadian US all of it as well as havuing different format methods.

Guttboy · Dec 21, 2007, 09:23 PM

Going to run it here in a few minutes...gotta get the other drive ready to go first...installing XP once done the other one is toast!

sneekypeet · Dec 21, 2007, 09:32 PM

once again its part of Ultimate Boot CD...a must for the home PC mechanic.....http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Dec 21, 2007, 09:01 PM	#1
Guttboy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 286 (0.12/day) Thanks: 37 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts System Specs	Anyone know a free data deletion program for HDDs? Hi all, Anyone know of a good free data deletion program to wipe data off of a hard drive? I want to kill the data on a hard drive before returning it. It is the only hard drive in the laptop. Regards,

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Dec 21, 2007, 09:10 PM	#2
Dr. Spankenstein Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,681 (0.73/day) Thanks: 217 Thanked 282 Times in 252 Posts System Specs	DBAN or Derik's Boot and Nuke. Best out there for free.

Dec 21, 2007, 09:11 PM	#3
Guttboy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 286 (0.12/day) Thanks: 37 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts System Specs	Thanks I will give it a try!!!!

Dec 21, 2007, 09:23 PM	#5
Guttboy Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 286 (0.12/day) Thanks: 37 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts System Specs	Going to run it here in a few minutes...gotta get the other drive ready to go first...installing XP once done the other one is toast!

Dec 21, 2007, 09:32 PM	#6
sneekypeet Unpaid Babysitter Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 19,022 (7.31/day) Thanks: 3,039 Thanked 5,488 Times in 3,951 Posts System Specs	once again its part of Ultimate Boot CD...a must for the home PC mechanic.....http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

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