PC hardware: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data?
- 11/14/08 3:00 PM
Amen.... the problem is how's the poster know who's
by VAPCMD - 11/15/08 9:39 AM In reply to: Here we go again by ChrisRMgiving good advice and who isn't ?
VAPCMD
try this one...
by jhonb_29 - 11/9/08 2:04 AM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
use win98 boot disk with fdisk
delete all logical partition then create one and format it...
hope it helps...
Formatting
by its_a_paddlin - 11/14/08 5:37 PM In reply to: try this one... by jhonb_29Deleting and formating paritions does not actually remove the data. It can still be recovered.
All you need is a low level format to restore the drive to the manufacturers state.
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by torticollis - 11/14/08 6:27 PM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I'm looking for hard drives for external capacity and internal how much u want for them
how large are they
thanks
to one donating hard drive
by torticollis - 11/14/08 6:31 PM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
im diabled with http://www.spasmodictorticollis.org/
and on disablity i would be willing to pay for what you have that i need for internal and external
thanks
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by The Queen B - 11/16/08 5:05 PM In reply to: to one donating hard drive by torticollisI would love to help a disabled person. How do I contact you?
How to clear personal data from a hard drive.
by ltoribio - 11/14/08 7:02 PM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I invariably use one of two excellent programs to clear hard drives of personal data (or all data). My first choice is DriveERASE PRO from NOVA Development Corp. DriveERASE PRO meets or exceeds US DOD security standards. My second choice is Drive Scrubber from Iolo Technologies. You may find that DriveErase provides you with more
options to selectively clear parts of the hard drive without erasing
the operating system. For maximum effectiveness, running either of
these programs may take many hours.
Leo Toribio
WHAT ARE YOUR REASONS
by tedsworld - 11/14/08 7:22 PM In reply to: How to clear personal data from a hard drive. by ltoribioIn the case of saving a part of your hard drive, Back them up the parts you want to keep?
Make sure you get what you want off before you do this!!!
Then get a (SLATE WIPE)That you can purchase at Symantics,
Also they may call it a goverment wipe you would have to check into that..
Good Luck.
T Doc.
Any access to a large EMF?
by yetijones - 11/14/08 9:26 PM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
A simple EMF (electromagnetic field) of a large size will do; at work we use a rather large electromagnet to clear our hard drives: simply turn on the field, place the hard drive on label side down (which means all transistors and such facing up, towards you, away from the magnet's surface), and rotate in 4 separate directions (left, down, right, and up again). This clears the entire hard drive of any and all information while keeping the drive safe from permanent damage.
Be careful
by coffee_ninja - 11/14/08 9:26 PM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
#1) Make sure you are allowed to donate the hard drives. Check company policies and government regulations first! You may need to physically destroy the drives. The most secure way to do so is to take the screws out of the drive, remove the circular platters from the inside, and drill holes through them.
If donation is safe, use Derrick's Boot and Nuke. It's up to D.O.D. standards, which basically means that data is written over every byte on the drive enough times that there is no chance of recovering any useful chunks of data.
Fill it with junk
by ASK5553 - 11/14/08 9:34 PM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
Easy and faster than DOD. Place everything you want to erase in the trash and empty it. Then make 2 folders, A and B. Then put a large file or two, like a 4 Gb movie, into A and then COPY A to B. Then make another folder, C, and COPY to it B and A, which now has the original large file(s) and now also a copy of the B folder. Continue this for other folders, coping the folders into folders D, E, F etc, you will soon run out of memory on the hard drive. Now repartition or reformat the drive and you are clear. Repeat if you are still feeling paranoid.
Format
by jromant - 11/15/08 2:31 AM In reply to: Donating hard drives, how do I get rid of all my personal data? by Lee Koo (ADMIN)
I suggest doing a full format using Linux.
Greetings
What a GRRREAT idea!!!!! B-)
by btljooz - 11/15/08 12:10 PM In reply to: Format by jromantBut, the drive still needs to be wiped in order for the personal info to be a close to un-retrievable as possible. In addition, wiping the drive will make it seem as if it's new so installation of any OS will be a bit easier.
Yep, Linux is a GREAT idea! At present I'm typing away on my old Compaq Presario 1800 (circa Win ME) that only has a 20 gig hard drive with PCLinuxOS 2007 installed on it! 
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by angler2--2008 - 11/15/08 8:59 PM In reply to: What a GRRREAT idea!!!!! B-) by btljoozWhen the drive is put into a melting pot,I,m sure all data is removed
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by angler2--2008 - 12/19/08 11:59 PM In reply to: hard drive by angler2--2008The people that you are gracially donating to,most likely have larger drives than you. So unless you have government documents stored there,theres not much use in your endevere.
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