What's a good free disk eraser? - GoFuckYourself.com

Aquarius · 08-13-2008, 04:10 PM

I'm replacing my pc so I want to totally delete all files in it. Thanks

Zebra · 08-13-2008, 04:19 PM

GigoloShawn · 08-13-2008, 04:21 PM

Darik's Boot 'n' Nuke.

I can't post URLs yet. It's the first Google result.

x-rate · 08-13-2008, 05:42 PM

use pgp... or do same that I do to hardisk that I want get rid:

1-) Drill 15-20 holes in it
2-) leave it 48h in a water bucket
3-) put it in your garbage can few min before than the truck pass by...

Aquarius · 08-13-2008, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x-rate

use pgp... or do same that I do to hardisk that I want get rid:

1-) Drill 15-20 holes in it
2-) leave it 48h in a water bucket
3-) put it in your garbage can few min before than the truck pass by...

Sounds like a plan.

fluffygrrl · 08-13-2008, 05:59 PM

Delete files.

Copy files to hdd to fill all empty space.

Delete files.

Copy files to hdd to fill all empty space.

Repeat until bored.

Self appointed experts may think this is not perfect and definitive, but then again self appointed experts aren;t ever affraid of contradicting fundamental laws of physics.

geedub · 08-13-2008, 06:23 PM

smash it with a hammer

Spunky · 08-13-2008, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by x-rate

use pgp... or do same that I do to hardisk that I want get rid:

1-) Drill 15-20 holes in it
2-) leave it 48h in a water bucket
3-) put it in your garbage can few min before than the truck pass by...

A magnet and a hammer works quick

x-rate · 08-13-2008, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Spunky

A magnet and a hammer works quick

Depend what's on the hard disk man... I had couple pictures of my ex gf and I wanted make sure she feel some pain.

I just bought a 'country cottage' (I'm french canadian and not sure about translation) and have a huge fire place outside... anybody experienced to burning an hd?

fluffygrrl · 08-13-2008, 06:56 PM

Actually, I don't think you have magnets strong enough to destroy a hard drive, esp if manufactured after 1998 or so. At most it will confuse it temporarily.

Hammer works, but only if you actually damage the rolls.

Copy/delete cycles works w/o destroying hdd.

xxweekxx · 08-13-2008, 06:58 PM

so whats the best way to permanently destroy hdisk?

burn it then toss it into a river? lol

Nookster · 08-13-2008, 07:02 PM

You MUST completely destroy the disk if you want to "get rid of everything". Simple.
Oh, and just hitting it with a hammer until it comes to pieces will not work. Best way = microwave.

xxweekxx · 08-13-2008, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nookster

You MUST completely destroy the disk if you want to "get rid of everything". Simple.
Oh, and just hitting it with a hammer until it comes to pieces will not work. Best way = microwave.

microwave really destroys it?

Iron Fist · 08-13-2008, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by x-rate

...anybody experienced to burning an hd?

Any experts in the house or what?

ukxtra · 08-13-2008, 07:39 PM

format c:

Nookster · 08-14-2008, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xxweekxx

microwave really destroys it?

Yes. It completely fry's all circuits...which is your intended outcome.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ukxtra

format c:

Did you not read anything above you? Formatting does nothing but prepare the disk for data to be written...it DOES NOT completely remove previous data from the disk. ALL DATA WHICH HAS EVER BEEN ON THAT DISK IS RECOVERABLE. I repeat...ALL DATA!

rowan · 08-14-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquarius

I'm replacing my pc so I want to totally delete all files in it. Thanks

Download Seatools or WD Diagnostics and use the zero fill feature.

Libertine · 08-14-2008, 02:07 PM

http://www.heidi.ie/node/6

flowereater · 08-14-2008, 02:14 PM

lol everyones making fun

Jeka · 08-14-2008, 02:21 PM

O&O Safe Erase is the best tool for overwriting disk space

testpie · 08-14-2008, 02:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GigoloShawn

Darik's Boot 'n' Nuke.

I can't post URLs yet. It's the first Google result.

+1 for Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN), but be warned that using something like the Gutmann 35-Pass method can take the better part of an entire day depending on the size of the disk.

u-Bob · 08-14-2008, 02:31 PM

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/

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