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Old 16-10-2006, 01:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Am gonna exchange my 20 gb hdd to 80 gb ........

wanna remove all the data from hdd ...

i did heard that even after formatting some softwares can still fetch ur data ...... is it true & how 2 overcome this, any software 2 cleanit throughly ?
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Old 16-10-2006, 02:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
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U can use Tuneup Utilities's Shredder or Acronis Disk Cleanser for that task!
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use bcwipe
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Do a lowlevel format twice using the manufacturers formating utility.
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thanx a lot ...... 2 all .........

now i dont have 2 worry abt handlling it 2 my vendor .........
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By the time this reaches you it might be too late.....

Ok comming to the point, i forgot about this:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mediawipe'
Its a great free utility.
Sorry for the late info but hope it helps in the future.
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