What is the best free HDD wiper-boot disk

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I want a boot disk so I can securely wipe my whole drive from the boot disk. I have the old Autoclave boot disk, but it doesn't seem to recognize my laptops HDD....in short, it will not work on my new laptop

Anyone?

TIA,
Marty
 

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Active @ has a program for free that will write zeros across a drive, and if you pay for it you can write random things with more passes and whatnot as well.
 

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Darik's Boot And Nuke

Darik's Boot and Nuke ("DBAN") is a self-contained boot disk that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction.

DBAN is a means of ensuring due diligence in computer recycling, a way of preventing identity theft if you want to sell a computer, and a good way to totally clean a Microsoft Windows installation of viruses and spyware. DBAN prevents or thoroughly hinders all known techniques of hard disk forensic analysis.

DBAN is a free software product that can be used at home or in a business at zero cost. The only official place to obtain DBAN is by download at this web site. We do not sell DBAN media.
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Darik's Boot And Nuke | Hard Drive Disk Wipe and Data Clearing

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DBAN as above, works a dream :-)
 

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Can you tell me if Darik's Boot and Nuke only writes over the HDD 1 time only or can it be set to write over a HDD 2, 3, 4, or more times? I'd like to write over my HDD 5-7 times (or more) without restarting it after just one pass.:D

Marty
 

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Unless you are trying to erase REALLY sensitive data, one pass with Dban should be sufficient for your needs! ;)
 

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by default DBAN does 3 passes iirc, but you can set it to more, never really checked myself, i just use the default and its more than good enough! :-)
 

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Intel Core i5 2557M
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Intel QM67
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6 Gb PC3-10600 DDR3
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Intel 3000 HD
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13.3" Matt LCD Panel
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128Gb Toshiba mSATA SSD
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Toshiba Airflow Technology
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Synaptics Touchpad
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Modern Disk Drives (PATA/SATA) can be effectively wiped with a DoD Short (3 pass) wipe. Doing this
effectively renders the disk un-recoverable by most (if not all) utilities. The HPA (Host Protected Area)
can be examined as well.

The Secure Erase setting in SATA specs is quite effective at wiping out data on any SATA drive. If this
is available, use it (or use the method above).

DBAN works quite well along with DISKPART.
 

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Home Built
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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AMD Athlon II X4 630
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ASUS M3A76-CM
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8GB DDR2 PC-1066
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nVidia Geforce GT240 (1GB GDDR3)
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Via Audio (On-Board)
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Samsung 205BW
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1680x1050 (32-bit)
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1TB Seagate (ST31000340AS)
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OCZ Fatal1ty 550W 80 Plus
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Thermaltake Lanbox Lite
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Stock Heatsink/Fan
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HP Wireless Comfort Desktop
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HP Wireless Comfort Mouse
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3mbit/sec (down) - 384kb/sec (up)

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PC/Desktop
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Windows 10 Home x64
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INTEL Core i5-750 Quad-Core 3.37GHz
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ASUS P7P55D
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HyperX Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866Mhz
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Superclocked 1GB 128-Bit GDDR5
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LG 32MA68HY 32" IPS
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1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB, SEAGATE 500GB Barracuda® 7200.12, SATA 3 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 16MB cache
PSU
ANTEC TruePower New TP-550, 80 PLUS, 550W
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ANTEC Three Hundred Illusion
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COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 Plus, 4 x 120mm 1 x 140mm Noctua's
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85 + Mbps
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Avast
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Vivaldi
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