For privacy and security reasons, of course.
2007-01-22 05:38:05 · 7 answers · asked by Student 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I think there may be a program that does that, but the data professionals say that you must rewrite and erase a hard drive seven times over to be for sure that all of the data is 100% gone.
But if you don't mind doing it the easy way, if you are going to throw away the hard drive anyway, then i suggest that you just erase it once, at least, and then grab a hammer and smash it to pieces and then scratch the pieces of the actual disk, and then throw them away in different garbage cans other places. I'm sure they wouldn't be able to recover any data after that. (You can erase a hard drive by using a windows cd and act like you are going to format the drive the partition, and then let it format the normal way...and then after it's done, then just turn the computer off and your hard drive will be formatted)
hope it works for you :)
2007-01-22 05:47:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Sean there is. You can probably find a free one on the 'net, but I use Norton Utilities Wipe INfo. But then, I rarely throw a hard drive away. I usually hook the latest one up as a slave.
2007-01-22 05:42:04 · answer #2 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they all are junk softwares, and expensive, this is the real tool that really wiipes out ur whole system but sure it takes some time to shred them all, window washer, yes webroot corp's famous software that has been all around for years and years,
download the WEBROOT WINDOW WASHER, and make a Cleanup Disc, and just boot with the CD rom, and you'll be good to shred your hard drive completely. just like that, no chance of recovering files eva, good luck bro
2007-01-22 06:53:39 · answer #3 · answered by SecReT TeChIE 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many on the net. Some free some not just search and decide which one you want. I used Windows Washer.
2007-01-22 05:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe this is called a floppy disk...or maybe even a CD rom...or maybe for you tecchies out there, an ipon would suffice...which doubles as a hard drive
2007-01-22 05:46:54 · answer #5 · answered by blood 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
free Eraser
2007-01-22 05:47:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slick your hard-drive. You can purchase on the internet.
2007-01-22 05:41:26 · answer #7 · answered by ZEBUCORE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋