How many times do you have to low level format to wipe a hard disc drive before the data is irretrievable?
How many times to 'clear' a plate drive
- Banny
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Minimum 5 passes but some recommend 14. Best bet is to nuke the drive multiple times using darick's nuke program from hirens boot disc.
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My preffered method to protect old hdd info is to cut then up with an angle grinder and put the parts in different bins
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degauss it .. that's what I do to my work ones :) no way it will ever come back lol
Iain
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