Secure Erase

[Dafty]

I've got 2 external HD's that I need to wipe, but I would like a more secure way than using the standard windows format.

 

Does anyone currently use any software to do this?

 

 

( Preferably free )

[FN-GM]

KillDisk will be an option for you - Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format.

 

I use it allot and it is excellent.

 

Z

[Dafty]

KillDisk will be an option for you - Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format.

 

I use it allot and it is excellent.

 

Z

 

Can you use this one without the need to boot? Would like something I can just run from a Windows workstation.

[FN-GM]

Not sure to be honest i always boot into it.

[Dafty]

Not sure to be honest i always boot into it.

 

 

You can run from Windows, just tried it.

 

 

Thanks.

[Miggy]

Try the latest Hirens.

Think the site is hirens.info

should be on 9.7 now.

Download the ISO, burn it to a CD, bang it in on reboot and use one of the HDD erasing tools on there. FDisk usually does the job, but have a read up.

That disc is worth it's weight in gold!

[synaesthesia]

9.8 is out with some more handy addons

[rusty155]

Boot and Nuke works a treat, and it's free.

 

Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe

[Miggy]

9.8 is out with some more handy addons

 

Cheers for the update. I'd be lost without Hirens!

Installed SteadyState on a few laptops yesterday and some nice pupil had somehow changed the admin password and then created themselves a new passworded account.

Needless to say I Hirens'd its ass!...now they can't so much as fart at the thing!

[Arthur]

If you have to do it in Windows, you could run the following command from the command prompt.

 

CIPHER /W:X:

(where X: is the drive letter of the disk you want to wipe).

 

Since cipher.exe only wipes free space make sure you do a quick format beforehand.

 

For internal drives I would normally use DBAN though.