yes i know most people want to know how to get rid of Bad sector i want to create them. or even i wanna know how to make a disk unreadable.
2007-07-13 08:46:41 · 9 answers · asked by î^Ã_Ããdguý^® Sr. 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
I basically want to create numerous bad sectors so that someone cant recover any data but without physically showing thats it's been tampered with.. ok now answer away!!??
2007-07-13 10:12:30 · update #1
In continuation of someone elses answer here, to do a low-level format which is unheard of today because it is unnecessary, use a utility called dban. This will erase any data on the drive making it cean enough for any use. This assumes you are trying to clean the drive.
2007-07-13 09:08:19 · answer #1 · answered by ghowriter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Several people have recommended you physically damage the drive. As this would guarantee the drive unreadable, there are utilities that you can mark sectors bad.
If you want to continue to use the hard drive, but are worried about the contents on the drive, I would suggest a low level format.
2007-07-13 08:58:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to make a drive unreadable is a hammer and beat the crap out of it. Literally. Cheap too. I don't know of anyway to mark a sector as bad. Very interesting question though.
2007-07-13 08:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by Dilbert's Desk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the drive apart and damage the surface of the disk. We used to just drill holes straight through each drive we were throwing away. But if your looking for a more subtle approach perhaps you could submerge the drive in some insulation and do some heavy disk operations causing it to overheat.
I think if you could get dust, dirt, or sand into the disk area you could probably cause some damage.
2007-07-13 08:53:03 · answer #4 · answered by explicit_intents 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-21 04:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
magnet dust enemy of harddrives or a standard magnet will make it unreadable just run it around the hard disk be careful if you do this while the harddrive is in the computer you could damage other parts.
2007-07-13 08:55:03 · answer #6 · answered by hamman1990 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drop the hard drive from a height. Or, you can open it up and scratch the plates.
2007-07-13 08:50:06 · answer #7 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
scramble the memory by puting a powerful magnet next ot it
2007-07-13 08:52:07 · answer #8 · answered by trentben101 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We only fix them, we don't break them.
2007-07-13 08:54:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋