DBAN question

opethdisciple · 5 Jun 2016 at 19:10

I've been asked to secure wipe a PC for a friend.

Thinking of using DBAN. If I go a head and wipe the PC, can I reinstall Windows again on it as they want to sell it on?

Tomc@T · 5 Jun 2016 at 19:52

swain90 · 6 Jun 2016 at 15:23

As long as you have some sort of recovery media Windows OS disk.

I'd recomend using the autonuke feature, gives a 3 pass data wipe which should be enough for someone not to waste their time trying to recover your daytooorrr.

Depending on the size of your disk it may take some time.

Just on a side note, I don't think it supports SSDs.

KIA · 6 Jun 2016 at 15:50

1 pass of zeroes is plenty.

bledd · 6 Jun 2016 at 15:53

To make things easier, I would do this..

Uninstall anything non-vital
Create a new user account on the PC
Delete old user account
Run CCleaner's free disk space wiper.