Jun 13, 2007 #1 B bubbles Limp Gawd Joined Dec 16, 2005 Messages 180 What's the best way to securely wipe an external USB or Firewire hard-drive, from inside Windows if possible? I want to completely wipe a firewire drive and also fix any bad sectors on it.
What's the best way to securely wipe an external USB or Firewire hard-drive, from inside Windows if possible? I want to completely wipe a firewire drive and also fix any bad sectors on it.
Jun 14, 2007 #2 G gigabyte1024 [H]ard|Gawd Joined Mar 10, 2001 Messages 2,027 http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/securedelete.shtml As for bad sectors, you can't fix bad sectors only mark them as bad so they won't be used. chkdsk can do that for you.
http://www.thefreecountry.com/security/securedelete.shtml As for bad sectors, you can't fix bad sectors only mark them as bad so they won't be used. chkdsk can do that for you.
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