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Sdelete does nothing
i wanted to wipe free space on an NTFS partition with sdelete.exe, and it does nothing.
It's letter is D:, it's on the same disk as my C: windows partition.
I tried both switches -z and -c, it shows ...
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How to wipe Macintosh OS X v10.5.8 but leave software and OS?
Are there any free tools to wipe the user contents of a Macintosh running OS X v10.5.8 to keep the operating system and software products installed but remove any user data for selling the computer to ...
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How can I wipe a broken hard disk drive before sending it back to the manufacturer for maintenance?
The hard drive of my laptop died, the manufacturer wants me to send it so that they can investigate, but I'm concerned that the drive might contain sensitive information.
When I say the drive is ...
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How do you stop the Ubuntu “wipe” (wiping an NTFS disk) in progress?
I didn't realise that the Linux wipe utility runs 25 passes by default. I'm wiping a 320 GB external disk drive, (it's about 25% into Pass 3 started around 4 PM yesterday, it's now 1 PM).
Can I just ...
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Checking if any data exists on a presumably empty storage device
So, say you've completed a full pass of:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
Then, you'd like to make sure the destination has been really zeroed out (ignoring the confirmation messages from dd ...
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Wiping Hard Drive after BIOS has been edited?
I salvaged an old tower from a warehouse. It actually works fine and boots up into XP. The only problem is that XP is locked with a password, and I think there is a delay after 5 attempts, so I do not ...
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Which tool should I use to wipe free space on Windows 7 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to quickly and effectively wipe a Win7 x64 hard drive
Which tool should I use to wipe free space on Windows 7?
It should be free and preferably open source.
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Is it possible to wipe SSD with strong magnetic force?
I know it is possible to wipe a hard disk, but I'm wondering if something similar can be done to SSD disks as well?
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How do I clean format an SSD when it is the only hard drive from which I can boot?
I have an SSD I want to wipe and reset (I'm giving it to my little brother). Most SSDs come with software that can do a secure erase, but they are unable to operate when you are booted from the drive ...
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Wipe PC and reinstall Windows from upgrade disc?
My parents got a new computer. I'm going to prep their old one for sale.
So, first step of course is to reformat the hard drive and reinstall the OS. But, there's a potential problem: They installed ...
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How to quickly and effectively wipe a Win7 x64 hard drive
I have a Windows 7 Enterprise x64 system and need to wipe the 1.5TB hard disk drive quickly and effectively. Quick, I guess, is a relative term; so more quickly than I've seen with some wipe utilities ...
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How often do you have to wipe/shred your files, to make them not undeletable
If you have a private data on a recent, normal hard drive - how often do you have to delete the data, to make it unrecoverable.
Not in the sense, that a forensic team of 20 experts with a budget of ...
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how long to zero a drive with dd?
How long will it take to zero fill 1TB (using dd dev/zero)?
I'm actually doing two 500G drive simultaneously if it matters.
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How to reset an NTFS MFT for no tracks of deleted files names to be found there?
When a file is deleted from the hard drive and the free space it used to occupy is securely overwritten (wiped), recovery tools can still usually find the file was there and show its name. As far as I ...
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Why some recovery tools are still able to find deleted files after I purge Recycle Bin, defrag the disk and zero-fill free space?
As far as I understand, when I delete (without using Recycle Bin) a file, its record is removed from the file system table of contents (FAT/MFT/etc...) but the values of the disk sectors which were ...
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Data Shredder software
We use "eraser" and "o&o safe erase" to shred important documents on hard disk.
Does anyone use another software in Windows for wiping, what are the advantages ?
Thank you very much.
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How can I be sure that no one will try to recover my files? [closed]
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
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Can Windows 7 cipher.exe securely wipe USB drive?
Using the command line tool cipher.exe built into Windows 7, can it be used to securely wipe a USB attached drive?
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How to delete password in vim without storing it in a register?
I have a password in a text file. I'm editing the file in vim and I want to delete the password. If I just delete it, say with 'dw', it's stored in several registers. I want to avoid keeping any track ...
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how to restore windows 7 to a know working state every time it boots
A couple of days ago my mother asked me to set up a computer at her house, she wants to use it to basic web browsing, video chat and nothing more.
The problem is, neither my mother nor my sister know ...
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How do I reformat/reinstall an OS on a hard drive after its been wiped by eban?
I am trying to install XP SP2 Home on a Dell Inspiron 531s. Yes it came with Vista but I happen to own a legal copy of XP. I bought the hard drive off eBay(used). I changed the bios settings to boot ...
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Is using multiple passes for wiping a disk really necessary?
To stupid people, like me, you would have thought overwriting each bit on a disk would render the data completely unrecoverable.
Why do disk wiping tools have the option for multiple passes, i.e. 3 ...
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Bootable program to format the internal HDD?
I seriously need to low format my netbook's HDD and I cannot find any tools on the web!
Can someone please point me to a tool for formatting any disks? (preferably free; not necessarily)
The reason ...
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How to wipe a hard drive so that it's safe to recycle (while keeping the recovery partition intact)
My aunt and grandparents have some computers that they want to get rid of, all of them have windowx-xp and a recovery partition (which allows them to restore the computer to factory settings). So what ...
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How can I wipe a flash drive from Linux?
I recently used a flash drive to try MeeGo on my netbook. Unfortunately, the application I used to write MeeGo to the flash drive created a new partition in a rather unusual format. The Ubuntu disk ...
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FOSS Wipe free space (7, 35 passes)
I know there are tools on linux that can do this (sfill) as well as windows (ccleaner). However I would prefer FOSS that does this. To my knowledge Eraser does not wipe free space... If it does I ...
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What is a good method to automatically wipe a directory or drive if I do not check in for a period of time?
I'm looking for a good method to automatically wipe a directory or drive if I do not check in for a specified period of time. (eg: Someone on a cellphone hits me and I die.)
The ideal method would ...
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Program to wipe HD? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Securely format a hard drive
How to wipe a USB hard drive
What is a freeware app i can use to wipe a HD?
I have two
1) My external which is <1yr old and is ...
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Disk wiping other than DBAN
Sometimes using DBAN takes several days to wipe a disk. What alternatives do you have experience with that work within a few hours and offer the simplicity of DBAN? I am mainly interested in free ...
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How to wipe a USB hard drive
I have a USB hard drive that I'm planning on donating. Before I donate it, however, I want to be sure that it has been completely and unrecoverably wiped of personal information.
Darik's ...
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Wiping Deleted Directory Entries and Defragmenting Directories
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I guess I should clarify that that the goal is not to securely wipe data or wipe traces of activity. The goal is to defragment folders. It’s easier to understand what I want for those who are ...
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Securely format a hard drive [closed]
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 ...
