Years ago I had a program that would erase all unwanted data on your hard drive by alternately writing ones and zeros several times. The program went throught all the unused memory of the hard drive. The only programs available today are ones that you select a specific file to erase. The ultilitiy of the old erase program was that if you had a computer you were going to give away you could have that dud run and erase everything that was previously on the machine . Any of those old erase programs available today?
2006-11-23 02:35:49 · 12 answers · asked by jer 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
check out pcworld and browse the downloads. i do know they have some as i get a news letter from them and have seen them, most are free some not. http://www.pcworld.com
2006-11-23 02:41:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can assure you that the only safe method of protecting your privacy and personal data on the HDD, is to beat the HDD, to death with a hammer. Believe me there are no software that will erase the data off your HDD as claimed. With the right tools I can strip all the data that any software claimed it erased.
The person who gets your pc should be happy to have a computer. All they will have to do is go out and purchase a new HDD, for the computer you gave them.
Plus I spent twelve years in the Intelligence service, an I assure you the above method is the only way.
Clinical Psychiatrist, France
2006-11-23 02:51:21 · answer #2 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I do not know about such a program....! But there are lot of ways to remove your unwanted files. I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems. Some RAM/hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required.
2006-11-26 12:44:17 · answer #3 · answered by RICH 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-12 23:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by dusik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL, You almost answered your own question! The freebie prog called Eraser works great.
2006-11-23 08:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This came up on a google search:
http://www.whitecanyon.com/mediawiper-erase-hard-drive.php
2006-11-23 02:39:20 · answer #6 · answered by Evan 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be an opening in the market. people forgetting the old ways.
do you remember the name of it? someone might have it on ebay, or they may have a website with the software for your PC version.
2006-11-23 02:40:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, most are now open source / freeware of the best one is "Diskzapr.iso" its an iso so load it in when the computer off then it will boot up and start to distroy your HDD
2006-11-23 02:39:09 · answer #8 · answered by CPU 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuando mi ordenador ha tenido un accidente no sabía si valía la pena cambiarle el hard disk o comprar otro nuevo, he tenido mucha suerte con amazon, he encontrado el producto perfecto, un transporte rápido y mi portátil funciona otra vez y mejor que antes porque el hard disk tiene una mejor velocidad de respuesta.
2014-12-13 11:47:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you don't want anything at all on your computer, reboot your computer into dos mode and type in 'fdisk' but know this it is permanent, once you do this you can't get anything back.
2006-11-23 02:42:38 · answer #10 · answered by feelie88 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋