Win2k Format

[george]

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Hi All
I am selling my old PC which has win2k pro on it. I would like to format the
hard drive as new owner would prefer to install another operating system,
plus I don't want the new owner to be able to access my old documents, is
running FDISK and doing a normal format sufficient?
Cheers

 

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On Mon, 27 Jun 2005 10:39:57 +0000 (UTC), "george"
<nospam@btinternet.com> wrote:

>I am selling my old PC which has win2k pro on it. I would like to format the
>hard drive as new owner would prefer to install another operating system,
>plus I don't want the new owner to be able to access my old documents, is
>running FDISK and doing a normal format sufficient?

Usually. But if you're paranoid, Google for drive wipe programs that
support DOD wiping. I've useed BCWipe in the past for this:

http://www.jetico.com/index.htm#/bcwipe.htm

Also 12 Ghosts Shredder, though it has a fee:

http://www.12Ghosts.com

Jeff

 

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"george" <nospam@btinternet.com> wrote in
news:d9ol1t$qtg$1@nwrdmz01.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com:

> Hi All
> I am selling my old PC which has win2k pro on it. I would like to
> format the hard drive as new owner would prefer to install another
> operating system, plus I don't want the new owner to be able to access
> my old documents, is running FDISK and doing a normal format
> sufficient? Cheers
>
>
>

I think you have to use a special program to do this, as there are many
ways to salvage old data from a formatted disk.
Formatting is only freeing up the disk space, not overwriting all sectors.
Even FDisking is not sufficient.

These annihilator progs overwrite all positions of the HDD with zeros, I
seem to remember.