I have a Gigabyte k7 triton series motherboard, and it has the cabability of backing up my hard drive... problem is, is when i run the backup it creates an image on it that took up 20 gigs, i want to sell this hd but i need to know how to remove the image so i can sell it as a 60 gig hd instead of it being only a 40 gb hd as its being recognized as now... any ideas ?
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Hard Drive issues
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Ice, thanks for that link. Tis a godsend 
Been looking for a nice CD image for booting.
DrAn0, no clue how that Xpress Recovery backup works. A simple format may take care of it. Else, you will have to go deeper with a partition deletion and rebuild the drive. Zeroing out a drive will take a long time, especially for a 60GB drive so you may want to try other options first. Once you are able to format the full drive size [all 60GB] wait and see if whomever you sell it to wants it formatted. I usually format every drive I get so you may be able to save yourself some time
Been looking for a nice CD image for booting.DrAn0, no clue how that Xpress Recovery backup works. A simple format may take care of it. Else, you will have to go deeper with a partition deletion and rebuild the drive. Zeroing out a drive will take a long time, especially for a 60GB drive so you may want to try other options first. Once you are able to format the full drive size [all 60GB] wait and see if whomever you sell it to wants it formatted. I usually format every drive I get so you may be able to save yourself some time
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Paragon your welcome
I always advise at least one pass with a zero utility before sale of a HDD
if there is sensitive information, multiple passes with various patterns
if you just format, any residual data will be available to a direct scan
all a format does is erase the map to the data's location, not the data
I always advise at least one pass with a zero utility before sale of a HDD
if there is sensitive information, multiple passes with various patterns
if you just format, any residual data will be available to a direct scan
all a format does is erase the map to the data's location, not the data
Well, if it's onlne banking, it's probably just that- online. If it's Quicken, you may have reason to worry. I would recommend a zero-fill or 2. Of course, the only real way to get data off a harddrive is melt it. Once it's a pile of molten scrap metal, I'd say the data is unrecoverable.
I heard a story once of someone who was highly suspected by the FBI, and they recovered data off his drive that was 10+ layers down. Now, this was a multi-million dollar project, but I would venture to say I'd say the data is never really gone, no matter how much you write over it. A simple once-over zero fill will stop most people though. And I do mean most.
I heard a story once of someone who was highly suspected by the FBI, and they recovered data off his drive that was 10+ layers down. Now, this was a multi-million dollar project, but I would venture to say I'd say the data is never really gone, no matter how much you write over it. A simple once-over zero fill will stop most people though. And I do mean most.
No need to melt.. just run it through an MRI If it can wipe your credit card clean.. should be able to do a Harddrive.
Tis amazing the power when you see a solid block of aluminum fall like it is in syrup cause of the magnetic field. And aluminum isn't ferrous.
If it can wipe your credit card clean.. should be able to do a Harddrive.Tis amazing the power when you see a solid block of aluminum fall like it is in syrup cause of the magnetic field. And aluminum isn't ferrous.