HD going south


  1. vreyens
    Posts : 2
    Windows 7
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    HD going south


    Good Morning All,
    Not sure ware to post this question. (My first post)
    My HD on my new HP computer is going bad.
    HP is sending an in home repair person to replace it
    in the morning. My question: I have to sent
    the old HD back to HP. How do I remove all the
    data on it?
    Thanks,
    Barry
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  3. Bill2
    Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
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    Backup the stuff you want to preserve to an external hdd or dvds or flash drive. Then wipe the disk with DBAN.

    http://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/

    Heres a tutorial on DBAN.

    http://www.security.ku.edu/download/DBAN_Tutorial.pdf
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  4. ignatzatsonic
    Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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    You can also go to your hard drive manufacturer's web site and download their disk utility package. Such packages nearly always include software that can write zeroes to a hard drive.
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  6. sharkman
    Posts : 34
    Windows 7 Home Premium X64
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    vreyens said:
    Good Morning All,
    Not sure ware to post this question. (My first post)
    My HD on my new HP computer is going bad.
    HP is sending an in home repair person to replace it
    in the morning. My question: I have to sent
    the old HD back to HP. How do I remove all the
    data on it?
    Thanks,
    Barry
    What were the symptoms of it going bad?

    thanks
    sharkman
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