CaptinSxb

Friend needs me to wipe his hard drive. I had him go to device manager and tell me what kind of hard driv he had. he sent me back this WDC WD300BB-750DEA0. im guesing its a western digital, wondering if theres any programs that will wipe it? if anyone has ever used maxblast, im looking for something similar to that. if not can you give me some steps to wipe/format it? thanks

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drakesteakn

http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp go there and select the drive, then dl the recovery program, then put it on a floppy and then u can erase it.

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MiDKnYtE

how "wiped" does it have to be? if you want to just kill the partition information, use zap. zap is super fast. if you want clean, try killdisk.

zap: http://tinyurl.com/3wxdk
http://www.killdisk.com/

CaptinSxb

he wants it to be completely erased so theres absoluetly nothing on it, then he wants to reinstall windows. Is there any way to figure out which drive it is, without opening the case?


with killdisk, once i use it can i just put in the windows cd or do i need to do other stuff?

only hdd's ive ever wiped were maxtors and they had a program that was just one click and then put in the windows cd so i have idea what i should do now

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CaptinSxb

ok i did a search for the model number and it came back as a 30bg eide wd caviar. the problem now is that under he downloads on the wd site it doesnt have anything for 30gb hdds

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MiDKnYtE

if you just want to clear the partitions, use zap. download and extract the file and read the readme. killdisk is a zero fill program, so that data can't be recovered. since you're just going to reinstall over, use zap. it's way faster. boot from a win9x floppy, run zap, done. after that, it's like a brand new drive.

you should open the case and make sure you got the right drive. I would go so far as to disconnect any drives that you have important data on.

Dom

You can just boot off your WinXP CD and delete partitions from there and format.

MiDKnYtE

that's true, but zap would get rid of any overlay software also.

drakesteakn

its a 30gb western ditigal cavier. it u google search the first part, which is the part# that u want. search this WD300BB and u will get what u are looking for.

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kelticknight

fdisk.exe it.off a floppy.create from xp or 98 wins.wipes everything

Iridium

I use killdisk on my HD's when I want to wipe them. It does take some time to run it, but it isn't a "painfully" long time, like hours long or anything for a 30gig drive. You don't need to do anything special after using it, just toss the Windows install cd in and your off.

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Dom

I find the WinXP CD the easiest.

Iridium

Possibly there is some incriminating evidence on there since he wants to "wipe" it...

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MiDKnYtE

it depends on what he is really intending to do. If you want to "scrub" the drive, then killdisk is what you want. If you need DOD class scrubbing, then that's a whole other level.

swimtech

For wiping to DOD standards we use Norton's Ghost.

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Logla

Captin, check your PM in about 5 mins.

HawgsHead

I like to wipe with a Windex and a cloth diaper.Works well!

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dj_stick

damnit HawgsHead beat me to it

but yes the windows XP CD is extremely easy to use

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