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Yes, you can. There are programs out there to overwrite the single file you have over and over to permanently remove the file from the drive. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 3. The drive can be used again, but you can't recover your files, you'll just need to reformat the drive. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. You could remove items from your history folder, or you could reset your mobile device. Not Helpful 5 Helpful 1. I need to erase online banking details before returning my computer under warranty.
What should I do? If possible, format the drive. If that's not possible, delete the file from your computer making sure you empty your recycle bin as well. Not Helpful 12 Helpful 1. I wish to give my old laptop to a neighbor, but it runs so slowly that I need to permanently get rid of old files.
Uninstall isn't working. What can I do? Doing a system restore will undoubtedly speed your laptop up significantly. Locate the original discs or recovery partition on the drive and restore your computer to its factory freshness before giving it to your neighbor. Not Helpful 1 Helpful 2. I ran an obsolete operating system on a Mac clone computer that was purchased in Is it still necessary to scrub the hard drive before recycling the parts?
Yes you should. It's not the operating system but the data ie your files that are more important. If you deleted contents off of your Windows drive, the file should be overwritten already. Is overwriting a disc using disk utility in Ubuntu enough to delete data forever? When data is overwritten, new data is written to the old one. This means that file recovery software might not detect the file, or the file will be detected as a file in "bad shape".
Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. You could also take out the platters and hand-sand them or use a drill sander to make unique looking disks you can re-purpose for drink coasters! Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. The disks reflect light nicely and look great on a Christmas tree if you like a high-tech theme.
Be creative! Another alternative is a drill with sheet metal or masonry bit. Drill 6 to 10 holes through the drive will be enough to make the drive unreadable. Another way is to forget the unscrewing and just smash it until you get past the casing and to the platter. Use a strong password to obviate the need to physically destroy the disk yourself at the end of its useful life. This might also protect the confidentiality of your data if your computer is stolen if it's turned off.
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A defect is a critical bug that would result in a false positive result. DBAN treats these disks as defective and will abort at the end of the first pass. You can check whether you have one of these disks by booting with a DOS floppy and writing to the last sector with a hex editor.
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Frequently Asked Questions. CD-ROM drives manufactured before cannot reliably read burned media. Startup Questions How do I get the dmesg?
I suspect a driver problem or bad hardware. The laptop computer is not connected to the docking station or to the external floppy drive. Attach a floppy drive. The floppy disk is bad. Use another. The floppy media must be in perfect condition to reliably start DBAN. Why not now and why not by default? Some vendors are using the HPA instead of providing rescue media. How many disks can DBAN wipe concurrently?
Most desktop computers will have a performance sweet-spot of four disks.
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