Cleaning out PC

**bandit** · 02 Aug 2005, 04:27 AM

I got an old PC that I dont use anymore and is just sitting here. How do I go about wiping out the harddrive completely. I dont want to leave any valuable information on there or anything. I plan on selling the parts on ebay or something.

I've heard of programs 'zerofill' and DOS methods where they write datas with zero. Which is a good way for a noob and a more accurate removal method?

**cka** · 02 Aug 2005, 04:34 AM

YOUR COMPUTER MAY BE BROADCASTING AN IP ADDRESS

zero the thing with ultimate boot cd

**bandit** · 02 Aug 2005, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by cka

YOUR COMPUTER MAY BE BROADCASTING AN IP ADDRESS

zero the thing with ultimate boot cd

What you mean broadcasting IP? (sorry im a newb when it comes to pc talk)

Is this ultimate boot cd free and downloadable?

**johnk_** · 02 Aug 2005, 05:33 AM

just search for a utility that will write zeros to the HDD.. there have to be quite a few out there.

and i don't know what your IP has to do with this.

**DArque Bishop** · 02 Aug 2005, 07:38 AM

http://dban.sourceforge.net

DBAN is the program I use to wipe hard drives on PCs at where I work when they're being retired from service. It's available as a bootable floppy or CD, and its standard wipe does five passes over the hard drive filling it with garbage, and then writing zeros over it. After that it's pretty damn difficult to get anything off the drive. :-)

**bandit** · 02 Aug 2005, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by DArque Bishop

http://dban.sourceforge.net

DBAN is the program I use to wipe hard drives on PCs at where I work when they're being retired from service. It's available as a bootable floppy or CD, and its standard wipe does five passes over the hard drive filling it with garbage, and then writing zeros over it. After that it's pretty damn difficult to get anything off the drive. :-)

Thanks. I did a google search and saw a bunch of them and this was one of them. Didnt know which would be better. I'll give this a shot on my old 486dx