CR83
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Best way to clean your hard drive?
We are handing in an old lap top and want to make sure our info isn't on there. I know just deleting the info doesn't do it. Can anyone recommend
something for me? Ideally ranging from cheap to free?
Thanks!
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Lucabrasi
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this might do the trick
http://www.download.com/Erase-Your-Hard-Drive/3000-2092_4-10...
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SHAKO KEN
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here's one that i've used before: Eraser
it's freeware. there's a portable version available that you can run from a usb drive at http://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/eraser_portable
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morgan
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A program called boot nuke has always worked for me. Sorry but I don't have a link.
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Lucabrasi
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boot and nuke link
http://www.download.com/Darik-s-Boot-and-Nuke/3000-2092_4-10...
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CR83
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As always, you guys rule. I did come across boot and nuke. I will review these and hook it up.
Thanks Boys!
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Six66Mike
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There's an old thread lurking here somewhere with a bunch of links  @active make
good software that wipes the drive thoroughly, anything that trashes the partition and re-writes all secotrs to 0, and does it with atleast 2 passes
should be safe. Depends how deep you want it done, what sort of stuff you had on it.
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little late on this sorry, but...
you want soemthing, like mike said, that not just deletes your data, but overwrites the entire contents of the disc.
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