Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A low-level format will do a good job erasing the drive. I did a google and found a few free software: http://www.killdisk.com/ http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/ http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/HDD-Low-Level-Format-Tool.shtml http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-815-hdd-low-level-format-tool I have never used these softwares before. But it's free download, you may want to give it a try. Just be careful not to click the wrong drive. -Quan. PS: A reference about formatting at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk_formatting Good luck, On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote: > I am looking for a program that will totally and completely erase > everything > on old HDD. Must run on a PC, WIN7, > > > > This is so I can take the old HDD I have and erase all info so I can > recycle > them properly, and without data risk. > > > > Anyone know of something that can be used? ( short of a hammer.) > > > > Frank Filippone > > Red735i at earthlink.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Quan Tran. blog: http://fluxlux.blogspot.com/