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Joeyjoey75
July 31st, 2006, 07:52 PM
I was wondering if anyone could help me.

I am selling my computer and am worried about my personal details being recovered from the hard drive at some point in the future .

I was wondering if there was any software i could get that would enable me to completely wipe my hard drive clean making it impossible to recover any old files, etc.

I have come accross a DOS program called Killdisk in the past but this will not work for me as i do not have a floppy drive.

Any help would be appreciated.
black mirror
July 31st, 2006, 07:56 PM
there is a program in CTH download section here (http://www.cybertechhelp.com/download/file/wipeout)

wipeout but i havent used it and i dont know whether it is floppy based

also this one eraser (http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/) is free. but i have not used it.. other members will add to these and you can pick pit which one you think will suit you
degsy
August 1st, 2006, 10:19 AM
Welcome :)

Killdisk is popular. It can be downloaded and an ISO. This means that it will create a bootable CD to run it from.

Download Bootable ISO Image of Active@ KillDisk to burn CD (http://download2.lsoft.net/boot-cd-iso.zip)
How to burn CD from ISO image file ? (http://www.ntfs.com/iso-burning.htm)
Joeyjoey75
August 1st, 2006, 02:45 PM
Thanks for the help.

But i am having problems getting started, I have instructions on how to use Killdisk on floppy disk, But am unaware of how to run the program from CD.
degsy
August 1st, 2006, 02:46 PM
Do you have it running?
Joeyjoey75
August 1st, 2006, 02:47 PM
To put it simply, no.
degsy
August 1st, 2006, 02:52 PM
Have you created the bootable CD yet?
The instructions are in the link above.
Joeyjoey75
August 1st, 2006, 02:54 PM
Yes have created the CD, just don't know how to run the program.
degsy
August 1st, 2006, 02:58 PM
Did you create the bootable CD from the instructions?

What happens when you boot from the CD?
Joeyjoey75
August 1st, 2006, 03:21 PM
The computer simply loads as per normal.
Murray S.
August 1st, 2006, 03:23 PM
The computer simply loads as per normal.

Howdy:

Did you boot into BIOS (setup) and make sure the first boot device was set as the cd drive??

Murray
Joeyjoey75
August 1st, 2006, 03:34 PM
Yes, have tried that but to no avail.
Murray S.
August 1st, 2006, 08:05 PM
Check the cd that you burned and tell us what it says on there as far as the file names are..

Murray
Joeyjoey75
August 1st, 2006, 08:36 PM
The following files are burned on to the C.D:

PART_REC.PDF
PWD_CHNG.PDF
KILLDISK.PDF
UNERASER.PDF
DISK_IMG.PDF
black mirror
August 1st, 2006, 08:39 PM
There should be only one file

boot-dsk. iso
5548kb
degsy
August 1st, 2006, 08:47 PM
I've just tried that ISO and it works fine.

Double check that you have your CD set to boot. If needed disable booting from the HDD.



These are the files on the Windows part of the CD. Killdisk is in the bootable part. It will start automatically when you boot from the CD.

PART_REC.PDF
PWD_CHNG.PDF
KILLDISK.PDF
UNERASER.PDF
DISK_IMG.PDF




There should be only one file

boot-dsk. iso
5548kb

That is the ISO. When burned it contains the boot image containing Killdisk and those PDF files.