I need to sell on a Lacie 1Tb BigDisk. It is what I used to use for doing weekly backups of my computer. It has USB2.0, Firewire 400 and 800 interfaces. Can anyone recommend any software that will be able to securely and permanently wipe all data off the drive to prevent any possible fraud? Thank you!
Wiping data from an external hard drive?
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You could download a copy of this
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http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/copywipe.php
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
http://www.killdisk.com/
from Partition/HDD Backup/Management section of http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17701152
http://dban.sourceforge.net/
http://www.killdisk.com/
from Partition/HDD Backup/Management section of http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17701152
jbloggs will not be happy
I know dban is a very good, and versatile tool. Recommended.
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What at being beaten to it?
Exactly!!
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I'm sure he won't be too miffed.
Thanks for the links. I would have liked to have used dban but it doesn't support external drives it seems. I will definitely have a look at the others though
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No probs.Thanks for the links. I would have liked to have used dban but it doesn't support external drives it seems. I will definitely have a look at the others though
I just linked the most obvious looking drive wiping apps.
I recommend Eraser as well. There's a Portable Apps version as well if you don't want to install the fuill version. The Portable Apps version doesn't have as many options though.
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I am not all that knowledgable on computers, but from reading this am I to understanding that just right clicking and fomatting the drive information would remain on it?
The data is wiped once from the drive, and the data could be recovered yes.
Dban is one of the best tools I have used for getting rid of data as it passes over the drive multiple times. And its free!
Data is not removed when you format a drive. It simply marks the areas on the disk as "available" so it can be overwritten. The data is still on the drive until new data overwrites it.
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I see, many thanks for the infomation, I was really asking as will be installing a new OS, and formatting my existing drive. In this case security is not an issue so I guess a normal format will be ok.
Thnaks for all the help
Thnaks for all the help
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I should correct that to say security will not be a major as I will not be selling the drive, just overwriting it.