Can anyone recommend a good FREE hard disk wipe utility?
10-03-08, 09:14 AM
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Can anyone recommend a good FREE hard disk wipe utility?
looking for a good free disk wipe program. saw a ton on google, but wondering if anyone can recommend a certain one.
10-03-08, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by MeatheadBMC
10-03-08, 10:07 AM
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^ just remove the drives from the machine that you don't want to risk erasing 
This would be another program
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
This would be another program
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
10-03-08, 10:07 AM
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^ just remove the drives from the machine that you don't want to risk erasing
This would be another program
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
This would be another program
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
10-03-08, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by mkdevo
yeah, i saw that in my search, but it doesn't sound like it's for me. i don't want it to "wipe any hard drive it can detect". i want to be able to select which drive(s) i want to wipe.
you should be able to select the drive you want to wipe per machine
10-03-08, 01:44 PM
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It lets you select which drive you want to wipe. For safety sake I always unhook all drives except for the one(s) I'm wiping. I use it before recycling or disposing of any HD I take in.
10-04-08, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 4KRG
^ just remove the drives from the machine that you don't want to risk erasing
This would be another program
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
This would be another program
http://www.heidi.ie/node/6
10-07-08, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by mkdevo
thanks for the help, everyone.
generally speaking, how long would a wipe take on say, a 500GB drive?
generally speaking, how long would a wipe take on say, a 500GB drive?
10-10-08, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by JM
I second this. Eraser is a good, free, open source file and/or drive wiper. It allows you to choose from several progressively more secure (but slower) wiping methods to fit your needs.
It is absolutely user-configurable... from a single pass overwrite with pseudorandom data, to a DoD 5220.22-M 3- or 7-pass overwrite, all the way to the Gutmann 35-pass overwrite. You can ALSO optionally overwrite your cluster tip area. It's absolutely flexible, absolutely configurable, and although it can be slow (as others have mentioned), it's worth it.
And... it's free.
