Best way to format HD

cubix

Just wondering whats the best way/progie to securly erase a HD. Selling a laptop and need to make sure nothing on the laptop is recoverable

Cheers

odie

Here is a utility that might do the job

http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/securedelete.shtml

Or here is a list found on google

http://www.google.ie/search?hl=en&q=free+Secure+erase&meta=

Capt'n Midnight

http://dban.sourceforge.net
boot up off the disk or CD , press enter a couple of times and a good while later drive is clean (apart from remapped bad sectors and forensic tools )

cubix

Cheers lads

RobertFoster

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

http://dban.sourceforge.net
boot up off the disk or CD , press enter a couple of times and a good while later drive is clean (apart from remapped bad sectors and forensic tools )

I also recommend this.

cubix

Downloaded the cd-r/cd-rw version of the dban software but all the files seem to be for a floopy version. Does anyone have or know what file I should be putting on the cd-rw to boot with. Below is an attachment of the files I have when I un-rar the file I d/l

Thanks

ressem

You're downloading the dban-1.0.5_i386.iso ?

You don't unrar it, you burn it to CD using Nero or other CD image burning tool.
Checked it in VMWARE and it does boot from CD.

cubix

Thank you for clearing that up Mr R . Bad habbit of mine, every time I see a rar file I winrar it

Cubix

cubix

Thanks to everyone,nice little progy