how I complete and total delete hdd files for giving it away

[andreshdd]

can some one give me a good advice. i really apreciate

this is the case:

1- im using H D wipe tool
for erasing information on hard drive
i want to know if this program really erase all data and user files and anything else from hard drive as it says
if not pls let me know another aplication that do this ?

because i want to give away some harddrives and sell another ones
and want to erase my information

2- and also pls let me now if you know how i can repair bad sectors from my hard drive?
or a windows program that do this

thanks for all

any suggestion are wellcome

rgds

USER

[elchmaen]

If you can get a LiveCD of Linux or if you have access to a Linux system, the besz way is:

dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/<your hdd> bs=65536

for <your hdd> you need the respective device name. hda for 1st IDE Master for example.
This will fill your hdd with random numbers thereby totally erasing everything. If you do it twice there is practically no chance of recovering anything, not even for a Professional.

[BlackST]

MHDD with ERASE command or FASTERASE using the security subsystem of the HDD itself.
Even more sure : erase the drive and selfscan it... (need special tools)

The second issue : if you don't have any specialized tool, MHDD with SCAN and REMAP function if bads are few.
If the problem gets serious, tell us what type of drive you have... probably need cutting zone or selfscan or lock entire track, but need specialized hw/sw tools.