Is there a way to completely delete everything on a hard drive with no chance of it being recovered while still being able to use the hard drive? I want to start fresh.
Is there a way to completely delete everything on a hard drive with no chance of it being recovered while still being...
John Jenkins
Dominic King
Melt it. Buy a new one.
Connor Carter
Yes, you can overwrite it with nonsense several times over, if you want.
Or you can do what says if you're really paranoid.
Some would also suggest just flat-out encrypting everything on the drive as opposed to zero'ing it all out, etc.
Jace Barnes
just format it and put one of them oldschool virus on it and make it fill back up ... than format again done
William Butler
Use *nix
Henry Martin
open hard drive
press ctrl+A
press delete
work every time
no need to thank me
David Price
Search for DBAN
Caleb Lee
>he thinks we dont know he was downloading cp
Liam White
>Implying that we he doesn't either
Xavier Cox
Mail it to the FBI with a note asking them to delete it with your name and address on a return box. They will take care of it for you
Anthony Long
quantum computing is about to make all conventional encryption obsolete.
Zachary Young
Then don't encrypt it.
Aiden Morris
>not doing a weekly porn sweep to cut out the chaff of weird stuff you downloaded in the heat of the moment
Robert Lewis
BS
Jackson Lewis
Luis Gonzalez
Gnu shred
Lucas Jones
Mac Disk Utility.
Carson Cooper
actually, no BS
Levi King
Shred is a great tool. Would recommend if you're using Linux.
Christopher Diaz
If you're on Windows, use Cipher.
Open a command prompt, and enter:
cipher /w: X (where "X" is the volume)
For example:
cipher /w: C
This will wipe all free space on C with 0s, 1s, and then a cipher.
Enjoy. And BSD > Linux
Lincoln Edwards
use KillDisk
Levi Sullivan
>with no chance of it being recovered
No. If it's that sensitive physically destroy the drive and buy a new one. If not just format it, zero fill (literally fills drive with zeros as many times as you tell it to) or just format and reinstall if you're not worried about professional level recovery.
Ryan Jones
I was responding to a post suggesting he encrypt it. Try to keep up.
Have you tried being informed about tech developments?
Carson Williams
Quantum entanglement. And it's still some time away, although that means industry must be given 10 years to adapt.