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Use Eraser or Some other Wiping Program
The best thing to do before selling a hard drive that you have used in your computer for a long time that still works, is to use a disk wiping program like Eraser 5.7 to wipe the entire hard drive with the highest level of wipes that it can do.
When I recently sold a 10 GB hard drive for my computer, I put it in my new computer and wiped it clean with the Gutmann form of secure file deletion.
It is IMPOSSIBLE for even the NSA to recover anything from a computer hard drive after you do that, coming straight from my ex-A+ teacher who works for the Army and used to work for the NSA.
Posted by: Leria   Posted on: 08/18/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Use Eraser or Some other Wiping Program  Leria | 08/18/06
Why?  nECrO_z | 08/21/06
It's more than that  Stoutner | 08/21/06
re "Use Eraser or Some other Wiping Program"  ajapierce | 08/21/06
This looks like a job for... THERMITE!  Mr. Roboto | 08/18/06
Yep, that would do it.  dave.leigh@... | 08/19/06
I know what theme music to use!  Xwindowsjunkie | 08/21/06
Better idea  Chad_z | 08/21/06
this can be accomplished with software  zmud | 08/21/06
Software alone is not enough  ChrisTyler | 08/21/06
Do you have a link to that  Stoutner | 08/21/06
Just a good policy and the right software tools...  MV_z | 08/21/06
not good enough  nECrO_z | 08/21/06
I think software works just fine  Stoutner | 08/21/06
Do it the old fashioned way  Dr_Zinj | 08/21/06
Yeap, don't believe in software-based erasures  lamp299 | 08/21/06
I would  Stoutner | 08/21/06
You are paranoid  zmud | 08/22/06
Mangle Hard Drives?  idahotripolirep | 08/23/06
Secure and fun!  bbbaldie_z | 08/21/06
Fun with Magnets  jadkaizen@... | 08/22/06
Volcano!  ljl311@... | 08/21/06
Geological recycling  johnay | 08/21/06
Yeah, but...  ljl311@... | 08/22/06
Mangle those hard drives!  sabusam | 08/21/06
Writing zeros is not enough - Here's what is...  eric.pederson@... | 08/21/06
Encrypting is good, but it's still nice to wipe drives  Stoutner | 08/21/06
The theory here is...  ejhonda | 08/21/06
Wind chimes  rgk@... | 08/21/06
mangle drives wasteful  afishead | 08/21/06
nice idea but...  nECrO_z | 08/21/06
Depends on how paranoid you are  CattleProd | 08/21/06
You still dont get it  Species8472 | 08/21/06
Destroy with a magnet  samhri@... | 08/21/06
Yes, but a VERY strong magnet!  tonywhite | 08/21/06
Use Eraser or ...HA!  wolfendbd | 08/21/06
Lordy, lordy...  OldGreyGeek | 08/21/06
WOW! Sanity!  baissie | 08/22/06
Recovery Abilities  shroutosaur@... | 08/21/06
Misinfomation is Spy vs Spy  rtb | 08/22/06
Hmmmmm......  jgmsys@... | 08/21/06
PowerMax it  jt524 | 08/22/06
Data Erasure and Recovery is not safe!  Doc Disco | 08/21/06
Destroying Hard Drives  Endoscopy | 08/21/06
Gutman Method!  john_galt@... | 08/21/06
How long does Gutman take for 35 cycles?  DNSB | 08/21/06
Mangle those hard drives  dpbaird | 08/21/06
Hard Drives  kjrider@... | 08/21/06
Mangle those hard drives!  electro@... | 08/21/06
Degree's of Paranoia!  john_galt@... | 08/21/06
Another option  richj120952 | 08/21/06
The blowtorch method - with video  theteamtec | 08/21/06
That WORKS!!  Kamchatka | 08/21/06
Or you could just place it in a Dell Laptop  John Zern | 08/21/06
Save the magnets!  JDThompson | 08/21/06
Boot and Nuke (Google it now)  Mr.DPath | 08/21/06
Help is on the way  simoneseth99@... | 08/22/06
blancco is a good solution  RStiennon | 08/22/06
Antiquated Standards  simoneseth99@... | 08/22/06

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