Software that wipes HD of data.

Celticsfan · 05-11-2008, 10:37 PM

I had a teacher who had some sort of s/w on a floppy where he just put in the floppy in a PC and it would wipe the HD clean of all data. Is anyone familiar with this product? If so, what is it?

carnageX · 05-11-2008, 10:40 PM

You can burn these to CD's instead of using floppies: Killdisk, Gparted (partitioning tool as well), and DBAN are what I have and/or have suggested before. Killdisk and DBAN write zeros to the entire drive, so all data is gone completely (no recovery).

Celticsfan · 05-11-2008, 10:55 PM

The killdisk one, does it wipe HD instantly?

carnageX · 05-11-2008, 11:02 PM

None of them wipe a drive "instantly." It takes time depending on the size of the drive. I think on my 320GB drive, it took me an hour and a half to wipe it.

Celticsfan · 05-11-2008, 11:10 PM

I know the proper way to dispose of a hdd is to have it "zeroed out" as you mention. I am just looking for something that will wipe out an OS and put on another one without waiting around.

Like I said my ex-prof had one that could do this and I was wondering if there was some s/w that could. And yes i know about fdisk before someones asks.

carnageX · 05-11-2008, 11:27 PM

Well there's quick format options...but those aren't really recommended. Can't say that I've heard of something that instantly "wipes" it out... Honestly don't know if that's possible.

Celticsfan · 05-11-2008, 11:35 PM

thx...i appreciate your help.

Mak213 · 05-12-2008, 12:31 AM

Use GParted. But from what i remember you said you couldnt get it working right. Have you used Version 0.3.3? That is the easiest version with a Windows box.

veedubfreak · 05-12-2008, 01:06 AM

we use dban at work. It writes 1's to the drive 7 times, then erases it.

Mak213 · 05-12-2008, 01:07 AM

DBan is great. But for speed i use Gparted as it is like a full format from within Windows. But for a really through format DBan is the best i have found.

05-11-2008, 10:37 PM	#1 (permalink)
Celticsfan Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	Software that wipes HD of data. I had a teacher who had some sort of s/w on a floppy where he just put in the floppy in a PC and it would wipe the HD clean of all data. Is anyone familiar with this product? If so, what is it?

05-11-2008, 10:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
carnageX Lurker Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,150	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. You can burn these to CD's instead of using floppies: Killdisk, Gparted (partitioning tool as well), and DBAN are what I have and/or have suggested before. Killdisk and DBAN write zeros to the entire drive, so all data is gone completely (no recovery). __________________ Desktop: /Antec 900..................................Intel e6750 @ 3.53GHz\ /Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.....GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R mobo\ /2x1GB G.Skill/2x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 @ 5-5-5-15, 441MHz\ \EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 730/1000........OCZ GameXStream 700w/ \19" Hanns-G Widescreen LCD..............19" AOC Fullscreen CRT/ \SeaGate 500GB/320GB; Maxtor 160GB external; W.D. 160GB/ Laptop: Compaq C769US 3DMark06 Score: 13700 \| carnageX \| e6750 @ 3.53GHz \| 8800GT 512MB @ 760/1080 \| XP Home 32bit

05-11-2008, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Celticsfan Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. The killdisk one, does it wipe HD instantly?

05-11-2008, 11:02 PM	#4 (permalink)
carnageX Lurker Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,150	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. None of them wipe a drive "instantly." It takes time depending on the size of the drive. I think on my 320GB drive, it took me an hour and a half to wipe it. __________________ Desktop: /Antec 900..................................Intel e6750 @ 3.53GHz\ /Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.....GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R mobo\ /2x1GB G.Skill/2x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 @ 5-5-5-15, 441MHz\ \EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 730/1000........OCZ GameXStream 700w/ \19" Hanns-G Widescreen LCD..............19" AOC Fullscreen CRT/ \SeaGate 500GB/320GB; Maxtor 160GB external; W.D. 160GB/ Laptop: Compaq C769US 3DMark06 Score: 13700 \| carnageX \| e6750 @ 3.53GHz \| 8800GT 512MB @ 760/1080 \| XP Home 32bit

05-11-2008, 11:10 PM	#5 (permalink)
Celticsfan Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. I know the proper way to dispose of a hdd is to have it "zeroed out" as you mention. I am just looking for something that will wipe out an OS and put on another one without waiting around. Like I said my ex-prof had one that could do this and I was wondering if there was some s/w that could. And yes i know about fdisk before someones asks.

05-11-2008, 11:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
carnageX Lurker Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,150	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. Well there's quick format options...but those aren't really recommended. Can't say that I've heard of something that instantly "wipes" it out... Honestly don't know if that's possible. __________________ Desktop: /Antec 900..................................Intel e6750 @ 3.53GHz\ /Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.....GigaByte GA-P35-DS3R mobo\ /2x1GB G.Skill/2x1GB OCZ Gold DDR2-800 @ 5-5-5-15, 441MHz\ \EVGA 8800GT 512MB @ 730/1000........OCZ GameXStream 700w/ \19" Hanns-G Widescreen LCD..............19" AOC Fullscreen CRT/ \SeaGate 500GB/320GB; Maxtor 160GB external; W.D. 160GB/ Laptop: Compaq C769US 3DMark06 Score: 13700 \| carnageX \| e6750 @ 3.53GHz \| 8800GT 512MB @ 760/1080 \| XP Home 32bit

05-11-2008, 11:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
Celticsfan Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 181	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. thx...i appreciate your help.

05-12-2008, 12:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander SMod Autobot Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 12,069	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. Use GParted. But from what i remember you said you couldnt get it working right. Have you used Version 0.3.3? That is the easiest version with a Windows box. __________________ If I have helped you, consider making a donation to help me build a better PC.

05-12-2008, 01:06 AM	#9 (permalink)
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05-12-2008, 01:07 AM	#10 (permalink)
Mak213 Commander SMod Autobot Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In Trotter's crawl space Posts: 12,069	Re: Software that wipes HD of data. DBan is great. But for speed i use Gparted as it is like a full format from within Windows. But for a really through format DBan is the best i have found. __________________ If I have helped you, consider making a donation to help me build a better PC.

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