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Main => Software Forum => Topic started by: Generic Eric on April 21, 2014, 09:33:52 pm
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I was just gifted a gx27 and I need to wipe the drive. Anyone know a good program I can do that with?
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I was just gifted a gx27 and I need to wipe the drive. Anyone know a good program I can do that with?
cmd.exe: format c: /q
Why bother in wiping the entire data if you are gonna use it yourself ???
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I was just gifted a gx27 and I need to wipe the drive. Anyone know a good program I can do that with?
cmd.exe: format c: /q
Why bother in wiping the entire data if you are gonna use it yourself ???
So I can satisfy the concerns of the person that gifted to me. I'm out of the loop on this sort of thing. Years ago, I popped in a floppy and used the menu and left in the corner.
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I was just gifted a gx27 and I need to wipe the drive. Anyone know a good program I can do that with?
cmd.exe: format c: /q
Why bother in wiping the entire data if you are gonna use it yourself ???
So I can satisfy the concerns of the person that gifted to me. I'm out of the loop on this sort of thing. Years ago, I popped in a floppy and used the menu and left in the corner.
Tell them "I got you, bro,", then search the hard drive for all their kinky pr0n. Share the results.
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Hope this isn't going to be your main desktop rig. It's pretty old.
I do agree with what many posted here, You are better off doing a simple format if possible. Dell units starting from that era also began rolling out restore images on a second partition on the main drive. Formatting could cause you to lose that partition.
If you absolutely want to nuke the drive then give DBAN a shot. It is by far, the best free solution for multi-pass wiping of drives.
http://www.dban.org/ (http://www.dban.org/)
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Hope this isn't going to be your main desktop rig. It's pretty old.
I do agree with what many posted here, You are better off doing a simple format if possible. Dell units starting from that era also began rolling out restore images on a second partition on the main drive. Formatting could cause you to lose that partition.
If you absolutely want to nuke the drive then give DBAN a shot. It is by far, the best free solution for multi-pass wiping of drives.
http://www.dban.org/ (http://www.dban.org/)
Thanks. It didn't occur time that there might be a restore image. I had considered wiping and loading Linux. I haven't even plugged it in yet.