We have a hard drive from another computer that has pornography on it. How do you totally get rid of any trace of this stuff?
2006-10-22 08:58:51 · 6 answers · asked by Braddock52 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You can use BCWipe to delete any traces of files which you do not want to recover. BCWipe will overwrite the deleted files' clusters with random binary information thus render the information unretrievable.
2006-10-22 15:23:53 · answer #1 · answered by tps_strike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a big sledge hammer and go to town on the disk.
Even with formatting, there are programs out there that can bring these pictures back. Also if its a 2nd hand disk you never know what else is lurking on there....
2006-10-22 16:16:18 · answer #2 · answered by imspiritus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you know the name of the files or sites, heres where you go, click start, move mouse over search and click onto files and folder.. type in a file or folder name and find the file..right click and scroll down 2 where it says delete : ) empty recycle bin..after you delete, close all windows and do a virus scan ..
2006-10-22 16:31:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Format the drive.
2006-10-22 16:06:08 · answer #4 · answered by Ashlee S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Format it, hook it up as a slave drive, use FAT32. Very easy if you have an Windows 98 or highter CD.. Good Luck
2006-10-22 16:08:10 · answer #5 · answered by bliden 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Either format it or take it to a specialist, they will do it for a small charge, if they are decent guys.
2006-10-22 16:22:56 · answer #6 · answered by Dero 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋