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Wonderman

Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

Clark

Wonderman wrote:
> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

http://www.killdisk.com/

ray

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:28:29 -0700, Wonderman wrote:

> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

If you aren't going to take the time to properly erase the disk, you might
just as well simply format it.

Vista Cabal

"Wonderman" <wonderman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

Wonderman, visit the disc's manufactures' website and see if they have an
appropriate utility for your purpose.

Or from http://www.recuva.com/, download Recuva, it has the options you want, not
the best but OK and free. The slower you do it the better, otherwise do what ray,
suggested.

- Vista Cabal

Doug

It is recommended that hard disks are securely erased before being
transferred to another person or trashed. Heidi Eraser is free and has the
reputation for doing this very well. The latest version is 586a and is Vista
Compatible. Depending on the security level you chose and the size of the
disc the process can take from several hours to several days.
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
However hard drives are cheap and become obsolete quickly, so it may not be
worth going to much expense in an attempt to securely erase them. Consider
wearing face protection and attacking them with a heavy hammer. The platters
also deteriorate rapidly in salt water once the case is cracked open.
Doug

"Wonderman" <wonderman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

Kayman

On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:28:29 -0700, Wonderman wrote:

> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

http://lists.thedatalist.com/pages/F...on_Tools.php#6
http://www.heidi.ie/
http://www.dban.org/

How to REALLY erase a hard drive
http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=129

http://www.howtowipeyourdrive.com/Ho...HardDrive.aspx
http://www.degaussing.net/wipe-the-hard-drive.html

Darik's Boot and Nuke (dban-1.0.7_i386)
http://www.dban.org/

Eraser - Secure Information Removal Tool

Mick Murphy

http://www.dban.org/

The above will work for you.
But, disconnect any Slave Drives
--
Mad Mike


"Wonderman" wrote:

> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.
>

Gareth Erskine-Jones

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:32:08 -0000, "Doug"
<doug@FAKEpleasereplytogroup.com> wrote:

>It is recommended that hard disks are securely erased before being
>transferred to another person or trashed. Heidi Eraser is free and has the
>reputation for doing this very well. The latest version is 586a and is Vista
>Compatible. Depending on the security level you chose and the size of the
>disc the process can take from several hours to several days.
>http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
>However hard drives are cheap and become obsolete quickly, so it may not be
>worth going to much expense in an attempt to securely erase them. Consider
>wearing face protection and attacking them with a heavy hammer. The platters
>also deteriorate rapidly in salt water once the case is cracked open.

I've used bcwipe for years for erasing drives. Does anyone have any
views as to how good the other tools mentioned here are compared with
it?

--
http://www.sgat-computing-services.co.uk/

Wonderman

Thanks to everyone !


"Wonderman" <wonderman@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> Can anyone reccomend a free and fast disk wipe program. Thanks.

John Barnett MVP

I use an application called Eraser (http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ ) to erase
free space from my hard drive when I do a clean up. You can also create a
'nuke' disc (see the program option of eraser) to completely erase your hard
drive.

There are, of course, different security levels from 1 pass to 35 passes.
obviously the more passes the longer it will take to do the job. You could
be looking at hours to a day or more depending upon the security level you
choose.

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