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How to format/erase data on a HDD for sale

March 26th, 2013, 20:55

I'm about to sell a couple of Samsung Spinpoint f3 HD103SJ HDDs.

What is the most optimal way of cleaning them of my data before selling them?

Thanks!

Re: How to format/erase data on a HDD for sale

March 26th, 2013, 23:42

Use MHDD and select Erase/Fasterase.
All your data will be lost/removed

Re: How to format/erase data on a HDD for sale

March 27th, 2013, 5:01

Security erase (fasterase with drive locked) will do it for you. It will take more than 3 hours on each drive.
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