Tuesday, April 28, 2015

windows - Securely erasing all data from a hard drive


I am about to sell my old desktop PC and I am cautious about some of my sensitive information being available to the purchaser, even after reformatting the hard-drive, using data recovery software.


How can I securely wipe the hard drive so that the data on it cannot be recovered?


Although I specifically want help with my Windows PC, it wouldn't hurt if there were suggestions for Macs as well.


Answer



Look into Darik's Boot and Nuke. It's a bootable CD which lets you securely erase your hard drives.


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