Of course, if you’re getting rid of the hard drive for good and it had financial or other personal information you’d prefer never leak out to strangers, take a hammer and destroy the hard drive.
There are also businesses, like Denver’s Eboxlab (I’ve written about them in the past) that destroy the hard drive for you for a fee - or recover data from it. Neither is sharing which software they are using, but Goodwill tells me that it’s not available to consumers. Department of Defense standards before refurbishing them. Local charities like Goodwill Industries of Denver and Blue Star Recyclers also take donations of old PCs and wipe the drives to U.S. There are companies that offer a secure hard-drive destruction service for various fees. I’ve touched on this before, back in March 2015. The highest-rated software under a search for “disk wipe” was different versions of Wise Disk Cleaner, also found at. One site I tap is CNET’s, which offers editor and consumer reviews for products. Read reviews from multiple sites and always be a little suspicious. But for the price of free, it’s something to consider.Īs readers know, I prefer to steer people along the process of researching what technology is best for them.
DBAN clearly states it doesn’t guarantee data removal, plus it can’t erase the newer SSDs (it suggests the $14.20 Blancco Drive Eraser for that task). But the free software that continues to be highly recommended by many tech sites is Darik’s Boot and Nuke (at ). I haven’t used one because I have hung on to drives for decades. Tech+ Yes, there are many free programs to erase a hard drive. Both are operating on Windows OS 10, although the performance of the laptop is quite spotty at best. Do you have any suggestions? The desktop is a HP Pavilion Elite e9280t and the laptop is a HP Pavilion dv7-1450us. I have both a laptop and high-end desk top that I’d like to do this with, but can’t seem to find anything that is intuitive and functional. Q: I’ve heard that there are a number of free programs that will allow you to “erase” your hard drive (actually overwrite it) so that you can either donate your old computer or give it to a relative to use. Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu
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