[bdtom]

I am giving my old computer to a friend and want to delete the hard drive - what is the best way to do this.

Thanks

[JohnWill]

DBAN will do a DOD erase of all the data, surely enough security for this task.

[bdtom]

Excuse my ignorance but what is DOD?

[dr911]

Originally Posted by bdtom

I am giving my old computer to a friend and want to delete the hard drive - what is the best way to do this.

Thanks

bdtom........just remove the Hard Drive. And when you do remove it.set the drive on some cement and take the biggest HAMMER you can find and pound away
This also relives "stress" !!

[IMP49]

Department of Defense

[Elvandil]

Darik's Boot and Nuke
Eraser
Terabyte CopyWipe (copy or wipe a drive)
Active@ Killdisk (Free version makes only one pass)
No File Recovery

[Nesjemannen]

Originally Posted by Elvandil

Darik's Boot and Nuke

Heared good things about this one.

[new tech guy]

My advice on this:
if giving the pc away or getting rid of an old hd, use DBAN (darik's boot and nuke), if getting rid of the hd (even a dead one) run dban on the drive till it seizes up during the process or completes and if tossing it then take a hammer to it and have some fun with it. If you are just giving it away on a good hd then just dban and your done
IF you are just wiping out a system because you wanna make sure stuff is not lingering after a quick format then just run active@killdisk to wipe it out, then proceed to load windows or whatever OS you want.