Computer Related > Erasing hard disks. Miscellaneous
Thread Author: The Nut Replies: 7
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New Mon 28 Jun 10 11:02 
 Erasing hard disks. - The Nut
I have a stack of old pata hard disks that I need to wipe before giving to a local charity, can anyone recommend a free program to do this? Ideally something that will work on windows 7 64 bit.
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New Mon 28 Jun 10 11:58 
 Erasing hard disks. - smokie
I run projects where this is quite a common requirement in companies. On more than one occasion KILLDISK has been the tool of choice, and there is a free version.

www.killdisk.com/
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New Mon 28 Jun 10 12:16 
 Erasing hard disks. - The Nut
Thanks smokie, got that running now. I guess people in general are more aware about these things now than they used to be, allot of the computers donated do not have disks in them.
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New Tue 29 Jun 10 23:14 
 Erasing hard disks. - MD
A colleague says that with perseverance most of these 'disk wipers' can be undone, but one would have to be a determined soul to gain access.
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New Tue 29 Jun 10 23:25 
 Erasing hard disks. - smokie
It'd take quite a bit more than a bit of perseverance to undelete a disk wiped to US Dept of Defense standards. But we did have one cistomer who guillotined the disks in a mincing machine after we'd wiped them....
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New Wed 30 Jun 10 08:43 
 Erasing hard disks. - Tooslow
initials weren't "GG" were they? :-)
JH
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New Wed 30 Jun 10 10:04 
 Erasing hard disks. - smokie
Nope...
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New Tue 20 Jul 10 12:16 
 Erasing hard disks. - Chris S
>> But we did have one cistomer who guillotined
>> the disks in a mincing machine after we'd wiped them....
>>

Not much point in wiping them first then!
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