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What is the fastest way to securely overwrite an old hard drive? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Securely erasing all data from a hard drive I'm going to give my HDD away, so I'm writing it full of crap so there is no possibility to recover any of my files I had there. ...
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How to delete my hard drive safely? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Erasing data before selling a computer How do I wipe my hard drive? On my iMac that I had, it had a process where it met some government standard in terms of safety by going ...
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Securely format a hard drive [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Erasing data before selling a computer I have just taken 8 old 250gb drives out of one of our servers. I need to securely wipe all the data on these drives, before they are ...
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How do I wipe an entire hard drive using the Gutmann method? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Securely erasing all data from a hard drive Is it possible to securely wipe a hard drive with the method outlined here using dd and little else? I have an old PC and an Ubuntu ...
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Erase data from external hard drive forever [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Securely erasing all data from a hard drive I (full) formatted my external hard drive. Now, before giving it to someone else is there anyway to make sure there is no way to ...
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What is the most secure method to erase hard drive files? [duplicate]

I just got a program that can "shred" files so they cannot be recovered. It offers 4 erasing methods: Random Data Method (1 pass) US DoD 5200.22M-STD (3 passes) US DoD 5200.28-STD (7 passes) Peter ...
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Preparing a HDD for sale. How to clear all data [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Securely erasing all data from a hard drive I'm selling an old Seagate 160GB IDE HDD that's currenty running Windows XP. I need to remove all the data on the HDD and make sure ...
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Looking for a easy to use Live CD to wipe a hard drive [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Erasing data before selling a computer A remote family member has a computer that is going in for service, but she wants to make sure the hard drive is securely wiped. I am ...
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How can I be sure that no one will try to recover my files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Best (preferably free) tool to wipe deleted files on an NTFS filesystem Is there a program to truly delete all deleted files? Erasing data before selling a computer I'm ...
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How to properly wipe a hard drive prior to resale? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Hard drive wiping? Erasing data before selling a computer I'm going to be selling a few old hard drives and was wondering what is the correct way to wipe these hard drives ...
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Hard drive wiping? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Erasing data before selling a computer How to wipe a USB hard drive Hi guys! I have internal and external hard drives. I don't want to have to go through and delete each ...
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Completely erase hard disk [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Securely format a hard drive Erasing data before selling a computer I'm looking for open source bootable program to completely erase my hard disk content.
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Complete Format [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Securely erasing all data from a hard drive I am using Windows 7 64bit on normal HD drives. SATA 2. I don't have a boot disc or copy of Windows. I want to complete format ...
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How to make sure old datas could not be retrieved back? [duplicate]

I would like to sell my old laptop but after reformatting all. I'm still worried that the new user is able to get back old the old data's. How to prevent this, without damaging the laptop.
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How can I destroy data on a hard disk? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: How to secure delete file or folder in windows? Erasing data before selling a computer I have a hard disk with some confidential data that I'm obliged to destroy. I've ...
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