Which way is the best for clearing an harddisk?
Biologist
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Which way is the best for clearing an harddisk?
Darkness and Wonder
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What do you mean by clearing?
If you just want it empty, do a quick format. In the command prompt write: "format [drive letter]: /q"
If you want to erase the data so it's harder for someone to recover it, do "format [drive letter]:"
Hope it helps...
Chew E. Bakke
If you're selling or dumping the drive then secure-wipe it.
If not, just format.
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Biologist
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well, I am just researching which one is the hardest way to recover files
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Read Chewie's post again friend , which one ?Originally Posted by Herakles
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Last edited by peat moss; 07-31-2007 at 01:28 AM.
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Whenever I do a clean installation of an OS, I habitually erase the entire drive with Active Killdisk Hard Drive Eraser (the free version, of course). I just do a 'one-pass zero' erase, where the program just changes every bite to a zero. I'm an amateur, so given my limited knowledge of technology i think this is good enough.
You can download the .iso of Active Killdisk here if you are interested.
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I am just a buddieRead Chewie's post again friend , which one ?
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