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whats the best way to completely wipe a hdd (including removing all partitions).

the drive used to be in a pre built desktop so it has annoying partitions.

and its also not the boot drive 

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3 minutes ago, Yummychickenblue said:

Write DBAN onto a bootable usb/cd. Boot the computer with the HDD off the DBAN usb. Wipe the HDD.

This is for secure means and will take hours, as IT FUCKIN WRECK EVERY BIT OF DATA!!!! I use it when I'm mad at a drive

You can use a 3rd party like minitools or any disk wiping tool via google unless its sensitive data for faster results 

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12 minutes ago, MalaySausage said:

whats the best way to completely wipe a hdd (including removing all partitions).

the drive used to be in a pre built desktop so it has annoying partitions.

and its also not the boot drive 

The diskpart tool is the most readily available option if you're just concerned about removing the existing partitions to create a new partition layout.

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2 minutes ago, RedWulf said:

This is for secure means and will take hours, as IT FUCKIN WRECK EVERY BIT OF DATA!!!! I use it when I'm mad at a drive

You can use a 3rd party like minitools or any disk wiping tool via google unless its sensitive data for faster results

Well he said "whats the best way completely wipe a hdd" and it'll do that.

 

 

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1 minute ago, Yummychickenblue said:

Well he said "whats the best way completely wipe a hdd" and it'll do that.

I'm not disagreeing, I keep a DBAN drive on hand, just giving him an easier option to clear it out.  

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18 minutes ago, MalaySausage said:

whats the best way to completely wipe a hdd (including removing all partitions).

the drive used to be in a pre built desktop so it has annoying partitions.

and its also not the boot drive 

5 minutes ago, Yummychickenblue said:

Well he said "whats the best way completely wipe a hdd" and it'll do that.

Well, when you put it that way, best get a drive shredder, stump grinder, some C4 (or make an IED), or at the very least, use a sledgehammer.

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1 minute ago, kirashi said:

Well, when you put it that way, best get a drive shredder, stump grinder, some C4 (or make an IED), or at the very least, use a sledgehammer.

It would be nice if the drive still worked lol 

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2 minutes ago, MalaySausage said:

It would be nice if the drive still worked lol 

Oh, OK. Good to clarify this first.

On that note, DBAN is your best bet for forensic data destruction. Diskpart is fine if you plan to just repartition the drive for other uses.

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