Wiping Old Hard Disks Clean

bigc73542 · Apr 3, 2004

Link to story: http://www.winnetmag.com/WindowsSecurity/Article/ArticleID/42207/WindowsSecurity_42207.html

[March 31, 2004]
Wiping Old Hard Disks Clean

Mark Joseph Edwards
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A component that's typically changed during computer upgrades is the hard disk. Users run out of space and need a larger disk, particularly if their existing disks are somewhat old and therefore probably have less capacity.

Swapping out disks or complete systems is common, but I wonder whether you wipe clean your old disks before sending them off for recycling or resale. If you do wipe the disks, are you sure that data can't be recovered from them?

Some people might think that simply using Fdisk to destroy partitions is a good enough technique for eliminating data. After all, if the partitions are gone, who could recover the data, right? Wrong...

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meneer · Apr 4, 2004

Thanks for this link, I needed it

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