Hard Drive Wipe

[Noctiax]

Hello everybody

 

I recently built myself a new pc and am now planning on selling my old one. However, I want to completely wipe my hard drives before i sell it. What is the best way to do that/what software should I use?

[ToastyBear]

Way back I used the OG program called Secure Erase. It ran on command prompt and had the option of writing 1s, 0s, or random bits in your disks. I can't find it anymore so youre out of luck on that department.

 

A quick google searched and I found this http://killdisk.com/killdisk-freeware.htm

I never used it but I installed it myself for a quick look. It looks like the free version does exactly what you want.

 

Just a heads up. Erasing a disk is basically writing through the entire disk. If you have a 4TB disk or something, its going to take hours. So don't be shocked. 

[Noctiax]

4 hours ago, ToastyBear said:

Way back I used the OG program called Secure Erase. It ran on command prompt and had the option of writing 1s, 0s, or random bits in your disks. I can't find it anymore so youre out of luck on that department.

 

A quick google searched and I found this http://killdisk.com/killdisk-freeware.htm

I never used it but I installed it myself for a quick look. It looks like the free version does exactly what you want.

 

Just a heads up. Erasing a disk is basically writing through the entire disk. If you have a 4TB disk or something, its going to take hours. So don't be shocked. 

Thank you I'll give this program a try!

 

I know that it's going to take a while to securely delete a hard drive. But I think it's worth it.