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Author:  iamgigabyte [ December 9th, 2013, 20:12 ]
Post subject:  HDD Wipe or HDD Low Level Format

Hi;

I am looking for a utility to safely erase/wipe the entire contents of a hard disk. There are 2 tools on the HDDGURU.com site that I'm interested in: HDD Low Level Format (LLF) and HDD Wipe Tool. Can someone please tell me the difference between these 2 tools and which would be better for securely destroying the data on a hard disk?

Thank you.
-Scott

Author:  HaQue [ December 9th, 2013, 21:38 ]
Post subject:  Re: HDD Wipe or HDD Low Level Format

A tool called DBAN is probably a good choice. Exactly designed to do what you want.

DBAN Download - Darik's Boot And Nuke http://www.dban.org

Author:  HaQue [ December 23rd, 2013, 8:33 ]
Post subject:  Re: HDD Wipe or HDD Low Level Format

I would say the same thing, but in this case the OP went to the trouble of writing :
Quote:
better for securely destroying the data on a hard disk?

So that is why I suggested dban, and not a LLF tool.

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