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Secure wipe for hard drive?

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chal2les

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Hard drive - what's the best free program to secure a hard before selling it?
 
I did some a while back using Windows diskpart clean, the format and run Eraser.
 
HeavensCloud said:
Use DBAN, you will have to reformat and reinstall anyways.
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He didn't say he was selling his system drive.

I was using Acronis Drive Cleanser at one point, because I could do a multipass wipe that lasted 3 days and still use the computer.
 
In Windows 7 just do a full format, this way it will be completely overwritten with zeroes.
There is no point in doing multiple pass / random data writes on modern drives.
 
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