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Best way to erase all data off a HDD?
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<blockquote data-quote="comfortablynumb15" data-source="post: 394146" data-attributes="member: 36325"><p>Um..I think they just want to get rid of the data? Lol. But hey, if not. The answer is a strong magnet and thermite, then you bury the remains. If there is a new building going up in your neighborhood or one being torn down, sneak inside the area at night and bury the thing where the first floor will go or toss it in the rubble of the tear down. But if you want to get rid of the data only? Privazer+DBan will do the trick unless the CIA is after you or you're in one hell of an investigation. Using the equipment required to hunt down traces of properly overwritten data takes a lot of time and a LOT of money. Only the FBI and higher will bother going to that trouble, and only if you're a really important/big fish to catch. And yes, a single overwrite is good enough. Waiting hours for 3 passes or more is just for people who don't understand the process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="comfortablynumb15, post: 394146, member: 36325"] Um..I think they just want to get rid of the data? Lol. But hey, if not. The answer is a strong magnet and thermite, then you bury the remains. If there is a new building going up in your neighborhood or one being torn down, sneak inside the area at night and bury the thing where the first floor will go or toss it in the rubble of the tear down. But if you want to get rid of the data only? Privazer+DBan will do the trick unless the CIA is after you or you're in one hell of an investigation. Using the equipment required to hunt down traces of properly overwritten data takes a lot of time and a LOT of money. Only the FBI and higher will bother going to that trouble, and only if you're a really important/big fish to catch. And yes, a single overwrite is good enough. Waiting hours for 3 passes or more is just for people who don't understand the process. [/QUOTE]
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