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  1. SANYIJANI
    sanyijani Win User

    Can you recover a wiped hard drive with zeros or 7 pass


    Can you recover a wiped hard drive with zeros or 7 pass

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    sanyijani, Aug 1, 2021
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  2. SHADIN
    Shadin Win User

    How to wipe a hard drive

    The best utility to use to wipe a hard drive is definitely DBAN. You can do an all-out wipe, or simply write all zeroes to the drive.

    Darik’s Boot and Nuke – DBAN
     
    Shadin, Aug 1, 2021
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  3. GREG CARMACK - WINDOWS MVP
    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP Win User
    Mechanical Hard Drive A:\

    Proceed with the steps I gave you to test the hard drive to know for sure it's condition.

    If it passes wipe it and try formatting as suggested. If it fails initializing as MBR then try GPT (for data).
     
    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP, Aug 1, 2021
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  4. STEELMAN
    Steelman Win User

    Can you recover a wiped hard drive with zeros or 7 pass

    Hard Drive wiping tool

    Hello,

    I will be selling my PC in a couple of days, is there a tool which will allow me to completely wipe the hard drive so no sensitive information can be recovered, but also leaving the hard drive in a usable condition because it will be formatted with a new Operating System ready for the next user.

    Thanks! *Toast :toast:
     
    Steelman, Aug 1, 2021
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