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what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 08:17 PM
...can delete ALL files on your hardrive? Reformating doesn't delete all. It deletes all saved all logs and crap. The only other way to get rid of them is to physicly damage it...
RE: what is the software called that... by Plik on 03-09-2005 at 08:19 PM
Formating will delete all the files on your hard drive
RE: what is the software called that... by Concord Dawn on 03-09-2005 at 08:25 PM
quote:
Originally posted by supersonicdarky
...can delete ALL files on your hardrive? Reformating doesn't delete all. It deletes all saved all logs and crap. The only other way to get rid of them is to physicly damage it...
Reformatting gets rid of everything on your harddrive, including Windows.
RE: what is the software called that... by The_Thief on 03-09-2005 at 08:30 PM
Partioning and formating with WindowsXP or Windows 2000 or with DOS 6
RE: what is the software called that... by Joa on 03-09-2005 at 08:30 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
Reformatting gets rid of everything on your harddrive, including Windows.
yeah but data still can be retreived. i recommend "System Mechanic" it has a DriveScrubber option which overwrites the hard drive to the point that information can in no way be recovered.
Edit: there is a 30 day trial on their official website - http://www.iolo.com/
btw be careful with System Mechanic, because if you use options you dont understand you can really mess up your system
RE: what is the software called that... by wj on 03-09-2005 at 08:31 PM
Not really. All that data is still there, It's just the map of the drive has been deleted. If you really want to distroy the data on the drive you need a drive burner. It writes 0's to every bit on the drive multiple times to eliminate the ability to recover the data on the drive.
https://www.lehigh.edu/security/gwscan/gwscan.htm
RE: what is the software called that... by zaidgs on 03-09-2005 at 08:33 PM
do u mean a shredder?? like norton protected recyclebin shredder....
RE: what is the software called that... by Joa on 03-09-2005 at 08:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by zaidgs
do u mean a shredder?? like norton protected recyclebin shredder....
if you mean with DriveScrubber - (in the program you have that option) you can make a bootable floppy, and just put it in, restart the computer and follow the directions. the Drive Scrubber overwrites your entire hard drive.
Edit: it erases ALL the data on the physical drive. so if you have partitions - there is no option to just erase one partition everything will be gone.
http://www.iolo.com/ds/index.cfm
click the link for more info
RE: what is the software called that... by The_Thief on 03-09-2005 at 08:37 PM
There is also another piece of software from Mcafee called I think DataGone I have it but not uploaded to anywhere. This will really do the trick. It's small fits on a floppy and does the trick the only thing is that it does take a long time to do but this will really destroy your Hard Drive. Interested?
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 08:54 PM
i'll stick with drivescrubber unless datagone or any other software is better...
RE: what is the software called that... by jren207 on 03-09-2005 at 08:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by serpico
but this will really destroy your Hard Drive. Interested?
i think supersonicdarky wanted to get rid of all the data on the HDD, not destroy the HDD
try the utility posted by wj, this will make the data unrecoverable due to being overwritten by 0's as wj said.
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 09:12 PM
to download the program, it needs authorization, anyone knoe the password or other location for it?
RE: what is the software called that... by Concord Dawn on 03-09-2005 at 09:15 PM
If you don't have any hacker/techie enemies or important information, then just reformating should suffice. Otherwise go for wj's utility, pretty good. Although a deguassing loop works much better IMO.
RE: what is the software called that... by Joa on 03-09-2005 at 09:15 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jren207
try the utility posted by wj, this will make the data unrecoverable due to being overwritten by 0's as wj said
same with drivescrubber it overwrites with 0's and/or random #s you have a lot of control over how it does it and can interrupt the process at any time
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 09:20 PM
i also need a program that can recover the files (before zeroing the disk)
RE: what is the software called that... by Concord Dawn on 03-09-2005 at 09:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Joa
quote:
Originally posted by jren207
try the utility posted by wj, this will make the data unrecoverable due to being overwritten by 0's as wj said
It's binary, there isn't really a whole lot of numbers that you can use in binary, just 1s and 0s. Unless you use an advanced HDD that stores information in decimal.
Why don't you just backup everything from Windows (or whatever OS you use) before you wipe the disk?
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 09:25 PM
no, i want a program that can recover files that don't get deleted after formating the disk, the opposite of diskscrubber which deletes them
RE: what is the software called that... by Joa on 03-09-2005 at 09:31 PM
quote:my bad
Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
It's binary, there isn't really a whole lot of numbers that you can use in binary, just 1s and 0s. Unless you use an advanced HDD that stores information in decimal.
, sorry... thanks for correcting me though (i'm not a pro with this stuff)and .. system mechaninc also has the option of recovering files. its pretty good. i used it...
here's the link to the trial
http://www.iolo.com/sm/5pro/indexsr.cfm
Edit:
i know its 1's and 0's btw, just i'm stupid sometimes with what i say.
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 09:37 PM
does system mechanic do both (erase/recover)?
RE: what is the software called that... by Joa on 03-09-2005 at 09:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by supersonicdarky
does system mechanic do both (erase/recover)?
yeah. click on the links i gave ya, it has many options
.. you can download each individually or the whole thing i think 
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 09:42 PM
sweet! Finally i have the tools to mess up my schools computers! 
RE: what is the software called that... by zaidgs on 03-09-2005 at 09:44 PM
quote:its called FAT (file allocation table).... just a question: doesnt Full format (as opposed to Quick format) do the job?!?!
Originally posted by supersonicdarky
It deletes all saved all logs and crap
RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 09:45 PM
no, it doesn't get deleted for security purpuses...
RE: what is the software called that... by wj on 03-09-2005 at 10:24 PM
Ok, Norton and McAfee dont do the job either.
Use the GWScan I linked, it will do the job and it will do it right.
RE: RE: what is the software called that... by Supersonicdarky on 03-09-2005 at 10:26 PM
quote:
Originally posted by wj
Ok, Norton and McAfee dont do the job either.
Use the GWScan I linked, it will do the job and it will do it right.
quote:
Originally posted by supersonicdarky
to download the program, it needs authorization, anyone knoe the password or other location for it?
Pass?
RE: what is the software called that... by Joa on 03-09-2005 at 10:35 PM
http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFil...19707&uid=79852376
try here, its downloadable here
Edit: yeah, so far WJ's program is better than the one i proposed
RE: what is the software called that... by segosa on 03-10-2005 at 07:50 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Chaotic_Shield
Unless you use an advanced HDD that stores information in decimal.
Uhhh.... no. You summed it up fine in the previous sentence, then you went and said something stupid like this. It's binary, always.