Easiest way to securely wipe hard drive and reformat laptop for resale

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  1. oreo27
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1
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    With all that being said, The Opening Poster has had a multitude of applications presented to him. All the information is there. It's now up to him to look at our recommendations.

    Let's now tag this as closed?
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  3. win7user2010
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       New #22

    thank you for the assistance, I went with the free Killdisk software. It was time consuming but at least its done.
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  4. Bare Foot Kid
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    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       New #23

    Hello mate.


    For future use, all you need is a Vista or Windows 7 installation DVD or a created repair disk to write zeroes to a Hard Disk Drive, have a look at Step One of this tutorial at the link below.

    SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

    DISKPART : At PC Startup


    Or step #7 of this one to do a wipe to a separate HDD from within Windows.

    Disk - Clean and Clean All with Diskpart Command



    Good to see you got it sorted though.
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