Low format Ipod 4g- give away

4lejandroB

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Jun 3, 2016
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Hi everyone!, this is my first time writing but not the first time I end up in this usefull site.

This time I have an issue and I couldn't get any help after surfing the web for a pretty long time.

I want to give away my Ipod Touch 4g 8Gb, so I was searching a method to low format it´s drive.. and avoid the next user to get my old nasty photos ;D

I tried Active Killdisk and some tools from Hiren´s Boot (HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT TOOL 4.40) but they don't recognize the Ipod nor my Moto g, when I plug them to the pc.
Now, I´m thinking to fill up the hole disk space with any stock or unimportant photo, and doing this process several times, to override the old data.

What do you think?
I didn't found any solution for any other phone brand either.

Thanks to all the community of Tom´s Hardware for helping me in so many other stuff too!
Regards, Alejandro.
 
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Doing a factory restore will wipe all your personal data. Only way to get it back is not easy or cheap, unless you are a spy and need to protect some state secret, you are being too paranoid. No-one really cares about your deleted files to try to restore it. If you want to delete your files and copy the disk over with a movie or something, feel free if that will make you sleep better but it's not really needed.

4lejandroB

Commendable
Jun 3, 2016
2
0
1,510
Doing a factory restore will wipe all your personal data. Only way to get it back is not easy or cheap, unless you are a spy and need to protect some state secret, you are being too paranoid. No-one really cares about your deleted files to try to restore it. If you want to delete your files and copy the disk over with a movie or something, feel free if that will make you sleep better but it's not really needed.
 
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