How To Sanitize Your Hard Drive [vertigo173] | 36.5 MB
Description:
If you plan on selling or donating your hard drive, and you want to make sure that all traces of your data is removed from the hard drive, then use Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN).
DBAN is a program that's specifically designed to "clear" or "wipe" the disk. DBAN zeroes all the drive's data. This process is called sanitizing the hard drive.
The most reliable way to sanitize a computer is to wipe the hard drive clean and then reinstall the operating system from scratch. When using the Windows Format command to wipe the disk, Windows still doesn't erase the contents of the disk. Instead, it reads the blocks to make sure each actually works. This doesn't match most people's expectation of what Format should do, but Microsoft hasn't bothered to fix this command in more than 20 years.
I've included both CD and floppy versions of DBAN, the Acronis Disk Director boot CD, and I also made a tutorial video on the entire process.
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Includes:
Acronis Disk Director Suite 10.0.2117 [Boot CD] ISO
Darik's Boot and Nuke 1.0.7 [Boot CD] ISO
Darik's Boot and Nuke 1.0.7 [Floppy version]
Darik's Boot and Nuke [offline web page]
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Instructions for ISO files:
1. Burn the ISO file to CD-R using Alcohol 120% or Nero.
2. Boot with the CD.
Instructions for the DBAN Floppy version:
1. Read the "ReadMe" file in the Darik's Boot and Nuke 1.0.7 folder to find out how to make a bootable floppy of DBAN.
*Note: You don't need to use both CD and floppy versions of DBAN.
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"How To Sanitize Your Hard Drive"
by: vertigo173
Running Time: 8:44
Resolution: 1024x768
Bit rate: 8 Mbps
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
VIDEO: Windows Media Video 9 Advanced Profile
AUDIO: None
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Thanks & Enjoy!
- vertigo173