A Windows 98 & ME forum. Win98banter

If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   Home » Win98banter forum » Windows 98 » General
Site Map Home Authors List Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read Web Partners

HDD overwriter



 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old March 17th 05, 02:37 PM
Stan
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default HDD overwriter

Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before selling
it. Free would be nice.


  #2  
Old March 17th 05, 03:15 PM
Gary S. Terhune
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Get BootItNG from www.bootitng.com. Create the floppy installation disk
using the downloaded EXE, then restart. After the system is booted from
the floppy, it will prompt you to Install. *Cancel* that installation,
dropping you into Maintenance mode, whence you want to choose Partition
Work. Delete the existing partition, choosing both to clear the boot
sector and to Wipe. You will be offered a "Security Wipe", which is up
to 35 passes with varying data. Leave it run as long as you feel like
it.

If the disk has more than one partition, you can first delete them
without wiping, then create a new partition encompassing the entire
disk, then delete that partition using the Security Wipe.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"Stan" wrote in message
...
Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before

selling
it. Free would be nice.



  #3  
Old March 17th 05, 03:59 PM
Ron Badour
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Eraser: http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Freeware that overwrites the "blank"
data on a
hard drive.


--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP Windows 98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Stan" wrote in message
...
Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before selling
it. Free would be nice.



  #4  
Old March 17th 05, 08:13 PM
V S Rawat
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

On 3/17/05 7:07 PM India Time, _Stan_ wrote:

Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before selling
it. Free would be nice.



Free would definitely be nice. Do send your hd to me. Thanks.

--
Rawat
  #5  
Old March 17th 05, 09:01 PM
philo
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default


"Stan" wrote in message
...
Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before selling
it. Free would be nice.


just go to website of your harddrive mfg...
they prob have a lo-level format utility


  #6  
Old March 18th 05, 04:27 AM
Gary S. Terhune
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Low-level format won't overwrite the disk with several passes, which is
wha tyou want to do if you're concerned abotu security.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"philo" wrote in message
...

"Stan" wrote in message
...
Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before

selling
it. Free would be nice.


just go to website of your harddrive mfg...
they prob have a lo-level format utility



  #7  
Old March 18th 05, 02:35 PM
Lil' Dave
external usenet poster
 
Posts: n/a
Default

No. Low-level formats are done at the ide HD factory only. Writing zeroes
or ones, or both alternately, which is the current subject, can qualify as a
medium level format at best. This what the HD mfr makes available.

Recovery of files, after a such a "medium-level" format, are beyond most
users resources. And, as a consequence, is a waste of time to go beyond
that type of security wipe in my humble opinion.

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
Low-level format won't overwrite the disk with several passes, which is
wha tyou want to do if you're concerned abotu security.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

"philo" wrote in message
...

"Stan" wrote in message
...
Looking for recommendations for HDD overwriter to clean HDD before

selling
it. Free would be nice.


just go to website of your harddrive mfg...
they prob have a lo-level format utility





 




Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:04 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2024 Win98banter.
The comments are property of their posters.