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    Erasing HD completely?

    Do you guys know any software that can erase your HD completely so that data inside is not recoverable? Thanks

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    do you need to use the hard drive after? if not, get a kettle and pour boiling water on it should melt the platter coating

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    Thanks Steve, but I'm trying to RMA my HD so I think that's bit too violent

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    give this a whirl

    http://dban.sourceforge.net/

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    DBAN for sure!

    Should remove the data so its not viewable to a normal person.

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    Hiren's boot CD has quite a few utils on that would help you.
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    Well if it's an RMA then the receiver has no legal ground to inspect any data on it.
    To err is human. To really foul things up ... you need a computer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yamangman View Post
    Well if it's an RMA then the receiver has no legal ground to inspect any data on it.
    When has that ever stopped anyone having a sneaky peek??
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    Great, thanks guys, I wanna try DBAN but does it work on sata raid 0 drive?

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    If that's the thing that writes all sectors to 1 then 0 multiple times then yeah, that should make it pretty empty

    Otherwise known as military strength wiping iirc
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    Ok thanks, I will try it anyway

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    might have to turn the raid array off and run it in standard sata mode to run an app on it, do each drive that way.

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    Yep, that's what I'm going to do now

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    Dban for the win.

    Make a boot iso and it wil work with sata hdds.

    It alows you to use different wiping runs dependinh on how long you wana wait to wipe it.

    What puzzels me is you say will it work with sata raid, if you mean will it work on a hdd thats been in a raid array?



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    Thanks for the tip mate, yes that's what I meant but I soon realized that I can erase both drives seperately like GoNzO said above. I haven't erased my drives yet, have too much stuffs in there at the moment, but I don't have enough space on my backup drive so probably I have to buy a new drive first

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    what make are they ? maxtor do an advanced RMA

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