Wednesday, August 20, 2014

How to wipe a USB hard drive


I have a USB hard drive that I'm planning on donating. Before I donate it, however, I want to be sure that it has been completely and unrecoverably wiped of personal information.


Darik's Boot-and-Nuke works for a built-in drive, but not for USB. Is there anything that will wipe an external USB?


I'm looking for something that will run from either Vista or from a boot CD.


Answer



If you download the latest Beta Version of DBAN, it states that it supports USB.


I have tested it and it is a good beta build - it works fine.... Just one reported bug when you unplug a USB drive mid-wipe, but who would do that!


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