Delete all files on HDD ?

[Wano97]

Is this a right cmd prompt to wipe an HDD ? Out of "curiosity"

@[member=Echo]del "c:\windows"pause

[antoainb]

 

Is this a right cmd prompt to wipe an HDD ? Out of "curiosity"

@[member='Echo']del "c:\windows"pause

 

That would brick the OS, you'd need to del "c:\" to wipe the HDD.

[Wano97]

That would brick the OS, you'd need to del "c:\" to wipe the HDD.

Thought so, but just the OS would be plenty though 

[antoainb]

Thought so, but just the OS would be plenty though 

 

If you do that the OS won't work, if you "only" want to do that then fine.

[qwertywarrior]

Out of "curiosity"

 

k....

[Nup]

is there an easy way to delete everything bar the os (and still have it work)?

[LukaP]

if you really want to wipe the drive:

 

use linux

 

sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=1M

 

where sda is the name of your device. if you only have a main drive, its sda, otherwise next is sdb, etc...

 

do a few passes of this and only a forensic will be able to retrieve any data on it

[mr moose]

is there an easy way to delete everything bar the os (and still have it work)?

format and reinstall is about all you can do, otherwise you will have a very messy registry with half installed programs, missing links and shortcuts that go nowhere. Not to mention any hardware specific programs that might get messed with.

[Wano97]

Out of "curiosity"

 

k....

Way to be an addition to the topic

[Leonard]

Out of "curiosity"

 

k....

Yeah thinks he is so slick......out of curiosity.....pfffffttt ha

[Mooshi]

@TheSLSAMG Knows

 

[RainfallWithin]

Does anyone know if it's possible to delete the solid state drive / mechanical hard drive's data without booting into Windows and without having a Windows installation disk / USB flash drive with a Windows ISO?

[mr moose]

Does anyone know if it's possible to delete the solid state drive / mechanical hard drive's data without booting into Windows and without having a Windows installation disk / USB flash drive with a Windows ISO?

linux (ubuntu) cd, boot from cd and format drive.

[colonel_mortis]

Does anyone know if it's possible to delete the solid state drive / mechanical hard drive's data without booting into Windows and without having a Windows installation disk / USB flash drive with a Windows ISO?

Grab boot n nuke http://www.dban.org/ to permanently erase your drive (not tested it personally)

[UselessBread]

Does anyone know if it's possible to delete the solid state drive / mechanical hard drive's data without booting into Windows and without having a Windows installation disk / USB flash drive with a Windows ISO?

Sure! Just grab a drill and drive it right through the platters. Best done several times.