easiest way to clean a HD?

K

Kristi

I got a new SATA hd. Cloned my opsys hd onto it and booted to it after
disconnecting the original.

Now I need to erase the info off that HD, and also a couple of others.
If I connect it and boot into XP, it will probably confuse the hell out of
XP. Any ideas?
Probably something I can use w/o booting into XP...
I have Linux but don't know what to use... I could also use a Seagate CD, but
that would probably take forever, zeroing it out...

Thanks!
 
R

Rock

Kristi said:
I got a new SATA hd. Cloned my opsys hd onto it and booted to it after
disconnecting the original.

Now I need to erase the info off that HD, and also a couple of others.
If I connect it and boot into XP, it will probably confuse the hell out of
XP. Any ideas?
Probably something I can use w/o booting into XP...
I have Linux but don't know what to use... I could also use a Seagate CD,
but
that would probably take forever, zeroing it out...

It won't confuse XP if things are set up to boot off the new SATA drive,
then connect the drive, boot into the OS off the new drive, and delete
whatever files you want off the old drive or format it.
 
B

Bruce Chambers

Kristi said:
I got a new SATA hd. Cloned my opsys hd onto it and booted to it after
disconnecting the original.

Now I need to erase the info off that HD, and also a couple of others.
If I connect it and boot into XP, it will probably confuse the hell out of
XP. Any ideas?
Probably something I can use w/o booting into XP...
I have Linux but don't know what to use... I could also use a Seagate CD, but
that would probably take forever, zeroing it out...

Thanks!


To protect your personal information and data from any future users
of average skills, you should, at the very least, format the hard drive.
If you wish to do a more thorough job of protecting your personal
data, WipeDrive
(http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive-erase-hard-drive.php) meets U.S.
DoD standards for securely cleaning surplus unclassified hard drives,
and could be used before formatting and reinstalling the OS and
applications.


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K

Kristi

I got a new SATA hd. Cloned my opsys hd onto it and booted to it after
disconnecting the original.

Now I need to erase the info off that HD, and also a couple of others.
If I connect it and boot into XP, it will probably confuse the hell out of
XP. Any ideas?
Probably something I can use w/o booting into XP...
I have Linux but don't know what to use... I could also use a Seagate CD, but
that would probably take forever, zeroing it out...

Thanks!

I followed Rock's advice and plugged a couple of older HDs and brought XP up.

Then I used Heidi erase DOD 7pass to erase them. Then tossed them (2 20gb old
Maxtor drives that squeal - single 20gb partition).

In a week or 2 I will do the same thing to the drive I just cloned (connect
it, then DOD 7pass), and then save it, or leave it connected for backup.

Heidi erase is what I have used for a long time for files.

Thanks all!!!
 

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