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Clearing hard drive
Clearing hard drive
by Chrisdee » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:22 am
Trying to clear the hard drive on laptop it gets to 99% and then just gets stuck on that any ideas on how to get it to 100%. Hubby has tried a few things but still only 99%. Thanks for any advice.
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by Roach » Sat Apr 20, 2019 11:46 am
It's possible the disks sectors at the end are corrupted. What operating system are you using and method for wiping it?
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by jpeg » Sat Apr 20, 2019 12:39 pm
best to take out the drive and reformat it using another pc or laptop the use a good hard drive software like Mini Partition its free
https://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
if you use it then open the disk management section then click on Disk on top bar then scroll down to WIPE DISK click on that and follow the instructions
https://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
if you use it then open the disk management section then click on Disk on top bar then scroll down to WIPE DISK click on that and follow the instructions
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by PeteKnight » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:09 pm
When you say ‘clear’, what exactly do you mean?
Are you trying to defragment it?
Pete.
Are you trying to defragment it?
Pete.
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by 2Sheds » Sat Apr 20, 2019 2:35 pm
On a related point. Does any know the best way of destroying old hard drives.
I've accumulated a few over the years that I want to get rid of. But I want to make sure that any data can't be read.
I've accumulated a few over the years that I want to get rid of. But I want to make sure that any data can't be read.
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by marcliff » Sat Apr 20, 2019 3:27 pm
A big hammer. Hit it hard quite a few times.
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by mondo » Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:02 pm
marcliff wrote:A big hammer. Hit it hard quite a few times.
Yep, big hammer, large nail.. job done..
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Re: Clearing hard drive
by Chrisdee » Sat Apr 20, 2019 4:07 pm
That's just what I would do or throw it out the window. He thinks he as done it now, apparently it wasn't the hard drive but what do I know!! It's an old laptop and he wanted it clear before he gave it away. Apparently he set up a dummy account and did it that way whatever that means? Thank you though.
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