Formatting Hdd
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: rowdy
Whats the best way to format my HDD? To bring it back to "as new" so I can sell it.
Posted by: RGX
I would personally use Partition Magic
Posted by: clocker
If you are selling a HDD that you have already been using, then formatting isn't what you want to do.
You want to wipe it clean.
I like KillDisk.
Let the new owner format it to his/her liking.
Posted by: Maximus359
Just get the old MS-DOS disk out, do FDISK & kill all partions & remake :P
oh i'am twenty years behind lol :P
Partion magic sounds good
Posted by: tesco
Originally posted by clocker@28 January 2004 - 10:33
If you are selling a HDD that you have already been using, then formatting isn't what you want to do.
You want to wipe it clean.
I like KillDisk.
Let the new owner format it to his/her liking.
what does killdisk do? does it like keep righting over the info you have on your disk over and over until it is unrecoverable?
Posted by: 3RA1N1AC
Originally posted by ROSSCO_2004@28 January 2004 - 11:17
what does killdisk do? does it like keep righting over the info you have on your disk over and over until it is unrecoverable?
that's the idea.
giving somebody your hard drive after a simple reformat would be like... giving away your diary, thinking that they won't be able to read it if you just use a pencil to draw a big X on every page. :lol: