Disk Wipe Software Needed (Suggestions)

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 5:10 pm

Hey guys. Have an HD I need to completely wipe out with no chance of recovery. Any of you have recommendations on a free solution to handle this? Did some googling and came across this disk wipe app but know nothing about it. Haven't done this for a while so no idea what happened to the app I used to use.

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 6:31 pm

We use this at work.

http://www.dban.org/

Hope that helps.

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 7:45 pm

I currently use http://eraser.heidi.ie/download.php . It's a little finicky but I find it less concerning to use than boot and nuke on my primary pc. If it's a separate PC with no other drives attached boot and nuke is great.

Forest Gnome Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 133

drill 5 holes thru platters?
and be a little less shady with your data

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:14 pm

The majority of my data wipes have been for customers who don't want their business data exposed to anyone.

Personally I erase things like tax returns that might have my ssn and similar information on it. I think it's safe to say that erasing things like that securely is a good idea Smile

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:20 am

I've used dban for years and never had a problem, just make sure you know the details about the drive you're wiping and you'll be fine.