Ccleaner question....

[illumination]

When it comes to me wanting to permanently wipe data so it can never be looked at again forget any software.

Industrial strength magnets, welder's torch, sledge hammer, barrels of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, And what ever remains are left will be buried 6 feet under out in the middle of the Australian outback. Thanks. /s

LOL, you sure all that would do it?

Of course not that's just my minimalistic approach to secure data wiping, I cannot tell you my full method, Never know who is watching what information you reveal online.

I hear Magnesium works wonders!

 

[softwareFREEk]

Surprisingly, the damaging of disks by bending the platters by as little as a few millimeters has been found to destroy the disks beyond any form of practical data recovery – even though the data is still intact on them..

 

[Deleted member 178]

Industrial strength magnets, welder's torch, sledge hammer, barrels of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, And what ever remains are left will be buried 6 feet under out in the middle of the Australian outback. Thanks. /s

:lol: why so much hate , the HDD is innocent

 

[softwareFREEk]

Many say one pass is enough and many say no it's not enough.

I myself am not to sure on the subject as I don't use any passes, I've tried it for sake and of course the more passes you use the longer the cleaning process.

Google search "is one pass enough?" and read the related articles and other forums discussing the subject.

Disk Wiping One Pass Is Enough (With Screenshots)

Overwriting Hard Drive Data: The Great Wiping Controversy

Data Destruction: Is One Pass Overwriting Enough?

Plenty more pages on Google to look it.

When it comes to me wanting to permanently wipe data so it can never be looked at again forget any software.

Industrial strength magnets, welder's torch, sledge hammer, barrels of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, And what ever remains are left will be buried 6 feet under out in the middle of the Australian outback. Thanks. /s

W.A ? (Western Australia) I presume lol

 

[softwareFREEk]

Industrial strength magnets, welder's torch, sledge hammer, barrels of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, And what ever remains are left will be buried 6 feet under out in the middle of the Australian outback. Thanks. /s

:lol: why so much hate , the HDD is innocent

True..if you don't want this personal data ever found then why store
it on this media? should be able to just format and send away for recycling!!
When we recycle!, used materials are converted into new products, reducing the need to consume natural resources which are depleting, maybe
not in our lifetime but it will affect our families some generations to come...

 

[McLovin]

W.A ? (Western Australia) I presume lol

Could also be the Northern Territory or South Australia. Their quite dry. Meh, who am I kidding it's dry every round Australia so could be anywhere.

 

[softwareFREEk]

W.A ? (Western Australia) I presume lol

Could also be the Northern Territory or South Australia. Their quite dry. Meh, who am I kidding it's dry every round Australia so could be anywhere.

comin thru Gympie 2 years ago it was NOT dry lol

 

[McLovin]

comin thru Gympie 2 years ago it was NOT dry lol

Well was just up there last week and boy is now, ha. You an Aussie softwareFreek, or live in Australia?

Sorry for the off-topic..

 

[MrXidus]

Industrial strength magnets, welder's torch, sledge hammer, barrels of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, And what ever remains are left will be buried 6 feet under out in the middle of the Australian outback. Thanks. /s

:lol: why so much hate , the HDD is innocent

True..if you don't want this personal data ever found then why store
it on this media? should be able to just format and send away for recycling!!
When we recycle!, used materials are converted into new products, reducing the need to consume natural resources which are depleting, maybe
not in our lifetime but it will affect our families some generations to come...

Not good enough, In my post I said no software. For me it's alot more fun and quicker to use my method rather than waiting countless hours (days in my case) waiting for format software to perform multiple wipes and passes. Thanks

 

[illumination]

Industrial strength magnets, welder's torch, sledge hammer, barrels of sulfuric acid and nitric acid, And what ever remains are left will be buried 6 feet under out in the middle of the Australian outback. Thanks. /s

:lol: why so much hate , the HDD is innocent

True..if you don't want this personal data ever found then why store
it on this media? should be able to just format and send away for recycling!!
When we recycle!, used materials are converted into new products, reducing the need to consume natural resources which are depleting, maybe
not in our lifetime but it will affect our families some generations to come...

Not good enough, In my post I said no software. For me it's alot more fun and quicker to use my method rather than waiting countless hours (days in my case) waiting for format software to perform multiple wipes and passes. Thanks

For some reason i can picture you with the whole Leather Apron, Rubber "elbow high" gloves, and grinning from ear to ear while doing this your preferred way! :butcher:

 

[softwareFREEk]

comin thru Gympie 2 years ago it was NOT dry lol

Well was just up there last week and boy is now, ha. You an Aussie softwareFreek, or live in Australia?

Sorry for the off-topic..

born a Scotsman but been livin in Aus for like ever, I was up in Gympie meself just before Christmas then on to Harvey Bay for a spell than back thru Brisvegas and beyond and yes McLovin dry as a nuns

 

[softwareFREEk]

I just don't part with my HDD's that have been replaced for a multitude of reasons.
One day they will meet the sledge and then become part of a concrete footing on a high-rise building somewhere..
sort of recycling and saving on concrete by the time they dig it up I will be in another parallel universe