Re: FDISK & Format
- From: "GlowingBlueMist" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 05:40:56 -0500
"John John (MVP)" <audetweld@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sure, use Windows XP built-in Disk Management tool. Just know thatDBAN is a good program and I use it to clean out any donated machines at a
repartitioning and reformatting a drive doesn't erase the information on
the drive and that anyone with a modicum of knowledge can easily recover
files on the drive. You need to use a wiping utility to properly erase
the files, this one will do the job for you: http://dban.sourceforge.net/
John
Earl Partridge wrote:
I'd guess there is no such apps for XP? I'm just formatting a few old
hard drives
before getting rid of them and thought perhaps rather than FDISKing and
Formatting
with a Windows 98 Floppy, perhaps I could do something similar to put
them in a
more current state...
Earl
children's center before reloading them with an operating system. It's
surprising what organizations and others leave on the machine when they
donate them. Usually we don't even boot them first but stick in a DBAN disk
and let it do it's thing. That way we won't be tempted to look and any
possible virus, including boot sector and partition virus' are eliminated.
One thing to make darn sure is to unplug the data cable on any hard drive
you do NOT want to be erased. DBAN seeks out and erases every hard drive
that it can locate in a computer.
.
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