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Disk Scrubbing Software

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by Trace, Jul 30, 2007.

  1. Jul 30, 2007 at 11:36 AM #1
    Trace

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    getting rid of an old computer and want to clean it out.

    Any suggestions on some good scrubbing software?
     
  2. Jul 30, 2007 at 11:45 AM #2
    rotocub

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    DBAN and forget it.
     
  3. Jul 30, 2007 at 12:02 PM #3
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    Thanks
     
  4. Jul 30, 2007 at 12:43 PM #4
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    Or you can just remove the hard drive. That's what I've done with old computers.
     
  5. Jul 30, 2007 at 12:50 PM #5
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    Muff gave me access to a software (fit on a floppy I think) that wiped a hard drive of an old machine completely. There wasn't squat left on it
     
  6. Jul 30, 2007 at 1:03 PM #6
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    So from what I have read on the DBAN site, you have to download the program, burn a CD, then run the program from the CD. Is that right or am I missing something?
     
  7. Jul 30, 2007 at 1:05 PM #7
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    That's what I've done in the past. Once you backup what you need, a hammer does the trick.
     
  8. Jul 30, 2007 at 1:16 PM #8
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    Makes sense, because the operating system onthe hard drive can't be accessed while it's in use.
     
  9. Jul 30, 2007 at 1:50 PM #9
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    You can use a floppy if your system has a floppy drive. "Double-click the 'dban-1.0.7_i386.exe' program to install DBAN to a floppy disk or USB flash device."

    Otherwise...."If you do not have a floppy drive, or if you wish to use a CD drive or DVD drive instead, then get the "CDR/CDRW version" from the DBAN home page, which is an ISO file."
     

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