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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
Don Olique wrote:
I have a WD 400 GB RE2 disk disk drive that has a CRC error somewhere that prevents Windows from formatting it or even create a partition there. (so much for 1.2 miliion hours mtbf) XP and Vista fails when formatting it. I have tried to delete the partition and recreate it, but only the wiping succeeded. I have extracted all the data with GetDataBack, but I also want to wipe the files from it before it is returned for replacement. GetDataBack is able to access the drive even though WIndows refuses to work with it. I used WinDLG from Western Digital and tried the option "Write zeros to disk", but that program did only work for 5 minutes until it met with a bad sector, and refused to continue writing. Is there any software that can wipe the disk with its current condition? I would probably try dban. Nothing to lose at this point, right? http://dban.sourceforge.net/ |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:41:29 -0500, Don Olique
wrote: I have a WD 400 GB RE2 disk disk drive that has a CRC error somewhere that prevents Windows from formatting it or even create a partition there. (so much for 1.2 miliion hours mtbf) XP and Vista fails when formatting it. I have tried to delete the partition and recreate it, but only the wiping succeeded. I have extracted all the data with GetDataBack, but I also want to wipe the files from it before it is returned for replacement. GetDataBack is able to access the drive even though WIndows refuses to work with it. I used WinDLG from Western Digital and tried the option "Write zeros to disk", but that program did only work for 5 minutes until it met with a bad sector, and refused to continue writing. Is there any software that can wipe the disk with its current condition? Try booting system to the DOS(?) bootable version to wipe. http://support.wdc.com/product/downl...id=504&lang=en Keep in mind that unless you have some pretty questionable stuff on the drive like plans to overthrow the government or child pron, you wouldn't have much to worry about if there was some remnant of data on a platter you'd already began wiping. If any HDD company were to start mining data off customer returned drives it'd be the end of their business, through both loss of sales and lawsuits till the end of time. |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
Don Olique wrote:
I have a WD 400 GB RE2 disk disk drive that has a CRC error somewhere that prevents Windows from formatting it or even create a partition there. (so much for 1.2 miliion hours mtbf) XP and Vista fails when formatting it. I have tried to delete the partition and recreate it, but only the wiping succeeded. I have extracted all the data with GetDataBack, but I also want to wipe the files from it before it is returned for replacement. GetDataBack is able to access the drive even though WIndows refuses to work with it. I used WinDLG from Western Digital and tried the option "Write zeros to disk", but that program did only work for 5 minutes until it met with a bad sector, and refused to continue writing. Is there any software that can wipe the disk with its current condition? have you tried partition magic if you that worried about the data on it put the hard drive next to a magnet. |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:51:06 +0100, darklight
wrote: Don Olique wrote: I have a WD 400 GB RE2 disk disk drive that has a CRC error somewhere that prevents Windows from formatting it or even create a partition there. (so much for 1.2 miliion hours mtbf) XP and Vista fails when formatting it. I have tried to delete the partition and recreate it, but only the wiping succeeded. I have extracted all the data with GetDataBack, but I also want to wipe the files from it before it is returned for replacement. GetDataBack is able to access the drive even though WIndows refuses to work with it. I used WinDLG from Western Digital and tried the option "Write zeros to disk", but that program did only work for 5 minutes until it met with a bad sector, and refused to continue writing. Is there any software that can wipe the disk with its current condition? have you tried partition magic if you that worried about the data on it put the hard drive next to a magnet. Ever tried to erase a hard drive with a magnet? I mean without opening it, can't open it as that'll void the warranty. Hard drives are not very susceptible to external magnets, it'd have to be extremely strong and far more powerful than what most would have access to. |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
I have a WD 400 GB RE2 disk disk drive that has a CRC error somewhere that
prevents Windows from formatting it or even create a partition there. (so much for 1.2 miliion hours mtbf) XP and Vista fails when formatting it. I have tried to delete the partition and recreate it, but only the wiping succeeded. I have extracted all the data with GetDataBack, but I also want to wipe the files from it before it is returned for replacement. GetDataBack is able to access the drive even though WIndows refuses to work with it. I used WinDLG from Western Digital and tried the option "Write zeros to disk", but that program did only work for 5 minutes until it met with a bad sector, and refused to continue writing. Is there any software that can wipe the disk with its current condition? |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
kony wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:51:06 +0100, darklight wrote: Don Olique wrote: I have a WD 400 GB RE2 disk disk drive that has a CRC error somewhere that prevents Windows from formatting it or even create a partition there. (so much for 1.2 miliion hours mtbf) XP and Vista fails when formatting it. I have tried to delete the partition and recreate it, but only the wiping succeeded. I have extracted all the data with GetDataBack, but I also want to wipe the files from it before it is returned for replacement. GetDataBack is able to access the drive even though WIndows refuses to work with it. I used WinDLG from Western Digital and tried the option "Write zeros to disk", but that program did only work for 5 minutes until it met with a bad sector, and refused to continue writing. Is there any software that can wipe the disk with its current condition? have you tried partition magic if you that worried about the data on it put the hard drive next to a magnet. Ever tried to erase a hard drive with a magnet? I mean without opening it, can't open it as that'll void the warranty. Hard drives are not very susceptible to external magnets, it'd have to be extremely strong and far more powerful than what most would have access to. I wonder if you could wrap the case with wire and apply current, effectively making the hard drive the electromagnet's core? That would certainly direct the magnetic field into the right area, and you could increase the strength just by making more windings. |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
"Don Olique" wrote in message news if all else fails find someone with a bulk eraser device - the type that erases tapes. Some of these devices are very powerful and will be strong enough to wipe your disc. Recording studios usually have them.... |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:30:54 GMT, Grinder
wrote: Ever tried to erase a hard drive with a magnet? I mean without opening it, can't open it as that'll void the warranty. Hard drives are not very susceptible to external magnets, it'd have to be extremely strong and far more powerful than what most would have access to. I wonder if you could wrap the case with wire and apply current, effectively making the hard drive the electromagnet's core? That would certainly direct the magnetic field into the right area, and you could increase the strength just by making more windings. I doubt that would induce a strong enough field to matter. Magnets are pretty strong at their poles and yet a typical magnet like that with the pole up against the cover near the platter would usually not have enough field strength to realign the platter particles. I suppose if you used hefty enough wire, enough current, it would seem to be getting dangerous... a hard drive isn't worth all that much usually, given that it's dead and no data remaining to retrieve by the user. |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
tg wrote:
"Don Olique" wrote in message news if all else fails find someone with a bulk eraser device - the type that erases tapes. Some of these devices are very powerful and will be strong enough to wipe your disc. Recording studios usually have them.... Too bad this is just a prototype: http://www.networkworld.com/news/200...rd-dog.html?t5 |
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How to wipe a disk that cannot be mounted in WinXPor Vista
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:36:20 +0100, "tg"
wrote: "Don Olique" wrote in message news if all else fails find someone with a bulk eraser device - the type that erases tapes. Some of these devices are very powerful and will be strong enough to wipe your disc. Recording studios usually have them.... I can't say whether a big enough bulk eraser would do anything to a hard drive, but tapes are much much easier to erase with a magnet/magnetic field than a hard drive is. Even a refrigerator magnet will erase a tape but a giant fan magnet and motor won't do anything to a hard drive if mounted right on top of it. |
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