Securely erasing all data from a hard drive
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Mar 15, 202617181 viewsConfidence Score1%
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I am about to sell my old desktop PC and I am cautious about some of my sensitive information being available to the purchaser, even after reformatting the hard-drive, using data recovery software. How can I securely wipe the hard drive so that the data on it cannot be recovered? Although I specifically want help with my Windows PC, it wouldn't hurt if there were suggestions for Macs as well.
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Fix for: Securely erasing all data from a hard drive
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Look into Darik's Boot and Nuke. It's a bootable CD which lets you securely erase your hard drives.
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