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I'm looking to sell some non-SSD hard drives and need to make sure everything is removed before giving to a stranger, years back I used DBAN but as each drive took 1-2 days to run multiple passes plus the fact I could not use my computer during this time I'd like a better option; if available. Running Windows 7 if that makes any difference. Thanks
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Oct 3, 2014 16:42
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Factory Factory posted:A single zero-fill pass will get past the limits of any demonstrated capability to recover from drives. You can do that with DBAN, or the useful Windows tool CCleaner also has a zero-fill drive wiper that would allow you to multitask. Thanks
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Oct 3, 2014 18:10
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What do people here recommend for checking the health/sectors for errors of personal hard drives? I want to see if I should replace any of my hard drives due to failure.
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Jul 1, 2015 18:51
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I just opened it, I was expecting a scan but it was instant. All of my drives are showing good except my WD 3TB green which has Caution [C6] Uncorrectable sector count: 1. I guess I'll replace that disk, is it fine to copy files from that drive over to another drive or will that corrupt the other drive? Secondly, is there an option within Windows 7 to do a multipass wipe/format to clear old drives before throwing away and/or selling?
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Jul 1, 2015 20:28
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