What would be the best way to format/get rid of all information
off a hard drive so I give it to someone or sell it.
So that the information that I had on it won't have a good chance
of being viewed by whom ever gets the hard drive.
2006-06-29 08:47:48 · 8 answers · asked by eightbfan 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Shred all the files with McAfee shredder, or zero-out the hard drive (zero-out is on Disk Utility on macs, and norton might have it, i don't know)
2006-06-29 08:50:51 · answer #1 · answered by dashwarts 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi eightbfan,
Formating any drive or deleting files does not get rid of the data. It just changes/ modifies the file system structure. The data is still there. I can easily get a data recovery program and get everything back to the way you had it. You should find a software that will write every byte of data on the drive as it formats or a software that promises you it will do something similiar.
People have already replied with some good software suggestions so I won't add it anymore.
2006-06-29 16:31:43 · answer #2 · answered by truthismeaningless 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hook it up to a computer and right click on the drive and click on format. It will do all that you ask for.
2006-06-29 15:50:51 · answer #3 · answered by warrenwhyte2008 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's a program called DM (disk manager) it's quick at formatting.. probably it takes.. 5 second... search in Google and download it. it's Free quick easy...
2006-06-29 15:58:58 · answer #4 · answered by Umax 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Big Magnet, Seriously that would work.
You could also try the "FDISK" command in DOS
2006-06-29 15:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by djdr 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the slow format process, again and again
2006-06-29 15:50:44 · answer #6 · answered by Nader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Connect that HD to your computer as slave, then format it once your hd is installed.
2006-06-29 15:50:17 · answer #7 · answered by doolph2002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.iolo.com/ds/index.cfm
2006-06-29 15:51:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋