hard drive query

[belletinker]

Hi

How do you clean a hard drive before selling or disposing of a computer My friend has uninstalled programmes but wishes to make sure there is no information hidden anywhere

[guy9663]

To completely wipe the hard drive have a look at this link
http://www.dirfile.com/active_kill_disk__hard_drive_eras er.htm
If you just need to wipe a few files something in the list at this link will probably do the job.
http://www.snapfiles.com/freeware/security/fwerase.html
Hope this helps.

[Skids]

Or you could just format it.

[guy9663]

Format is not good enough. A data recovery program can still find stuff you thought had been wiped after format is used.

[Oneeyedvic]

If it is very sensitive data why not just take out the harddrives and destroy them with a hammer. A new harddrive costs less than �50 and is a good selling point when selling!