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Old 01-21-2008, 03:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I have a hard drive with a lot of banking info on it. I was wondering if formatting it would get rid of that stuff from anybody getting to the files if I sell it?

Would I have to reformat it a few times to get rid of the banking info?
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Old 01-21-2008, 04:33 PM   #2 (permalink)
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a format will wipe the entire hdd clearing all your files even windows so you'd ahve to reisntall windows
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Old 01-21-2008, 04:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
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a format will wipe the entire hdd clearing all your files even windows so you'd ahve to reisntall windows
Format doesn't erase the data of the files itself. You can still recover the files. You need to use: Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser. Low Level Format.
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With that Active@ Kill Disk Hard Drive Eraser can u specify what files to delete or will it just delete everything?
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SeaTools, zero fill it.

Formating is not a destructive process, writing files to the disk is :P
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Old 01-21-2008, 06:00 PM   #6 (permalink)
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KillDisk or DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) will completely get rid of data on the drive, since it writes useless data (like 0's) to the drive.
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Old 01-21-2008, 06:28 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Thank you guys. I will try one of those programs.
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Old 01-21-2008, 07:38 PM   #8 (permalink)
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That worked like a charm. Admin can close this thread now.
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Nah, we have to leave threads open for others to view when they visit the forum.
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