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  • Apr 5, 2007, 01:23 PM
    MrsJoseph06
    How Do I Delete my Hard drive?
    I want to wipe my computer clean before I get rid of it! I don't want anyone to be able to pull up any old files! It's one of our business computers and we have personal info on it! Please help!
  • Apr 5, 2007, 02:19 PM
    TheSavage
    Well to wipe it 100% + clean they recommend pulling the hard drive and running it over with a truck- You might want to try this instead -- Savage
    Darik's Boot and Nuke (Hard Drive Disk Wipe)
  • Apr 5, 2007, 02:19 PM
    MrsJoseph06
    Hehe thanks!
  • Apr 5, 2007, 02:38 PM
    Curlyben
    Failing that mulitple formats works a treat too.
    Doing the opposite to what it is already.

    Eg
    Starts as NTFS > Format FAT32 > Format NTFS > Format FAT32 > Format and rebuild NTFS.
    Could always throw in a Linux format for good luck.

    I challenage you to get data off that ;)
  • Apr 5, 2007, 03:04 PM
    Lord_Darkclaw
    Yep, all the above is good advice.
    But if it's a business machine, I would physically destroy the hard-drive to be on the safe side. Just hammer a 6 inch nail through it and that will make it safe.

    Hard drives these days are amazingly cheap anyway (£40 for a 250gb drive!)
  • Apr 5, 2007, 03:07 PM
    MrsJoseph06
    Great thanks!

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