redaffinity Posted January 27, 2009 CID Share Posted January 27, 2009 I am trying to sell my laptop but I know there are programs that can recover deleted files and programs on the hard drive. I don't want to install a new hard drive because the laptop still has a recovery partition. I don't want my buyer to be able to recover any important documents that I previously stored and deleted on the hard disk. thanks Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 27, 2009 CID Share Posted January 27, 2009 Use Boot and Nuke. http://www.dban.org/ Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
starship_troopers Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 if you can, aquire a copy of a G-Disk....you wont get shit back from it.... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294651 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 I like eraser. http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/ Assuming you use windows that is.... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
peepnklown Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 I agree: Darik's Boot and Nuke Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294688 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 I like eraser. http://sourceforge.net/projects/eraser/ You should note that the claim of overwriting with several special patterns is just a marketing trick. Zeroing the harddrive is just as effective, according to some recent studies. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294698 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostmaster Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 You should note that the claim of overwriting with several special patterns is just a marketing trick. Zeroing the harddrive is just as effective, according to some recent studies. Thats why I don't bother overwriting serveral times. One is enough.... Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 Another vote for Darik's Boot and Nuke. You do know that when you wipe clean the harddrive the OS has to be reinstalled. Do you have your recovery disks still? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294712 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted January 28, 2009 CID Share Posted January 28, 2009 Use Boot and Nuke. http://www.dban.org/ Exactly what this old bastard said. Great program. You should note that the claim of overwriting with several special patterns is just a marketing trick. Zeroing the harddrive is just as effective, according to some recent studies. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted January 29, 2009 CID Share Posted January 29, 2009 One question again. I think it was answered before. So if recovery is a seperate partition, does it still get wiped? My last emachine and this gateway have recovery seperate. Just curious if a wipe would erase that too? Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buntz Posted January 29, 2009 CID Share Posted January 29, 2009 Yes. Boot & nuke will wipe out everything on that one drive. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted January 30, 2009 CID Share Posted January 30, 2009 One question again. I think it was answered before. So if recovery is a seperate partition, does it still get wiped? My last emachine and this gateway have recovery seperate. Just curious if a wipe would erase that too? My Acer Laptop was that way but it also gave me an option to put the restore on Disk. You might check with Gateway and see if you can too. Quote Link to comment https://testmy.net/ipb/topic/24801-how-do-i-completely-clean-my-hard-drive-so-that-nobody-can-recover-any-files/#findComment-294894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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