Comments on: How to Permanently Wipe All Data from a Hard Drive https://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/ Computer Technicians to IT Business Owners, Computer fixes and tools Thu, 27 Feb 2020 21:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.18 By: a juicer https://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-302296 Sat, 26 Nov 2016 20:20:11 +0000 http://www.caseytech.com/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-302296 Well I have not had any involvement with the utilization of DBAN yet I have made utilization of StompSoft’s Drive Washer programming which utilizes the U.S. Branch of Defense 5220.22-M standard for plate cleansing too and is anything but difficult to utilize. Actually this is the product that I by and large prescribe to the individuals who get some information about what circle cleaning utility they ought to utilize when they are thinking about disposing of their old PC.

]]> By: Ali https://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-302055 Thu, 13 Oct 2016 11:09:51 +0000 http://www.caseytech.com/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-302055 What if I use encryption to secure my data and just disposed of without the key? Is it a safe method or do I still need a utility to wipe my data permanently ?

]]> By: Neo Jensson https://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-180151 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:55:55 +0000 http://www.caseytech.com/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-180151 Free software for over writing is ErAce. It does 1-100 over write cycles. It can be downloaded from erace.it or from sourceforge

]]> By: Jyoti https://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-117454 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:21:06 +0000 http://www.caseytech.com/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-117454 Being a Mac user, I would like to suggest all Mac users as per my experience, they must use Stellar Drive ToolBox software. Mac Wipe utility helps to wipe data beyond the recovery and nobody can steal your data.

]]> By: Casey https://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-72414 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:06:30 +0000 http://www.caseytech.com/how-to-permanently-wipe-all-data-from-a-hard-drive/#comment-72414 In reply to Neuro.

Hi Neuro,

Eraser works well for external drives. http://eraser.heidi.ie/

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