HDD wiping software

[Diggsy]

As title, what is the best solution for making sure the HDD is properly wiped prior to selling it on?

Are there any freeware apps to do this, or do I need to buy something?

 

[Dappy]

Darik's Boot And Nuke - http://www.dban.org/

 

[CaptainCrash]

Darik's Boot & Nuke is popular, or you can boot from any Linux live CD and run the command "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/something" where "something" is the disk you want to erase.

Ignore anyone who says you need super-secure multiple passes with random data - it's very time-consuming, and a single-pass zero fill (provided it completes) will put your data beyond any hope of recovery.

 

[Diggsy]

Thanks a lot guys, will give that a go.