Hard drive sweepers - Blu-ray Forum

Bourne1 · 07-26-2009, 03:39 PM

I'm giving away my old Dell tower that I haven't used in the past 5 years, but I still have a lot of data in it. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a software I can either buy or download for free that will completely sweep my hard drive.

brettallica · 07-26-2009, 04:51 PM

If you have the original operating system install disc(s), you can initiate an install on the drive and do a full format. That should be plenty. If you're a little more savvy and don't want to get into that, you can connect the hard drive to your existing computer (as a slave or non-primary drive) and format through the Windows GUI. It's pretty easy to do.

Grumpz · 07-26-2009, 05:23 PM

Hard Drive sweepers aren't necessary at all (in this situation), unless you work for the FBI!

What's the OS?

You could also download a win98 startup disk that'll also let you format c:.

dadkins · 07-26-2009, 09:20 PM

If you really want to fry it, get DBAN(Darik's Boot And Nuke):
http://www.dban.org/

sfmarine · 07-26-2009, 09:26 PM

G-Part...it's Linux based and very easy to use. It will blow everything away for you. Best of all...it's free!

If you have the restore disks like brettallica mentioned, then it would probably be the easiest way to get it back to its original state.

07-26-2009, 03:39 PM	#1
Bourne1 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007	Hard drive sweepers I'm giving away my old Dell tower that I haven't used in the past 5 years, but I still have a lot of data in it. I was wondering if anyone can recommend a software I can either buy or download for free that will completely sweep my hard drive.

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07-26-2009, 04:51 PM	#2
brettallica Blu-ray Samurai Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Santa Cruz, California Home Theater Gallery:51 Blu-ray collection:79 Trading Score:6	If you have the original operating system install disc(s), you can initiate an install on the drive and do a full format. That should be plenty. If you're a little more savvy and don't want to get into that, you can connect the hard drive to your existing computer (as a slave or non-primary drive) and format through the Windows GUI. It's pretty easy to do.

07-26-2009, 05:23 PM	#3
Grumpz Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Winnipeg, MB Blu-ray collection:22	Hard Drive sweepers aren't necessary at all (in this situation), unless you work for the FBI! What's the OS? You could also download a win98 startup disk that'll also let you format c:.

07-26-2009, 09:20 PM	#4
dadkins Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Hercules, CA Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:2	If you really want to fry it, get DBAN(Darik's Boot And Nuke): http://www.dban.org/

07-26-2009, 09:26 PM	#5
sfmarine Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Swan Station aDdIcTeD 2 LOST PSN:U5MC51473 Home Theater Gallery:18 4K collection:931 Blu-ray collection:2312 DVD collection:276 MA collection:461 Digital collection:492 iTunes collection:534 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:43	G-Part...it's Linux based and very easy to use. It will blow everything away for you. Best of all...it's free! If you have the restore disks like brettallica mentioned, then it would probably be the easiest way to get it back to its original state.

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