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What to use to secure delete a HDD?

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wr975:
+4 for DBAN

FWIW, a plain normal format (fill with blanks) is enough.

The myth that to delete data really securely from a hard disk you have to overwrite it many times, using different patterns, has persisted for decades, despite the fact that even firms specialising in data recovery, openly admit that if a hard disk is overwritten with zeros just once, all of its data is irretrievably lost
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Source: http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/news/item/Secure-deletion-a-single-overwrite-will-do-it-739699.html

Cyeb:
+5 for DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke).  Noticing a trend here?   ;D

jaden:
And +6 for DBAN :)

f0dder:
-1 for DBAN - all you need is a regular Windows format - be sure to do a full format (ie, not ticking the "quick format" checkbox).

EDIT: slap me around and call me an idiot - format is not enough :-[

JoTo:
THANKS to all of you!

Seems i missed a very popular application here. Shame on me  :-[ But that is why i call DC tenderly "My personal ThinkTank".  ;D

I don't have to protect military secrets on my hdd though. i just not want that my buddy, who's getting the pc, will see my pr0n collection in whole.  :P  ;D  ;D  ;D

I got DBAN now and will erase my hdd soon with it.

@fodder: Beside that i don't have to extra get DBAN while format is built in, is there anything wrong with using it vs. format?

Greetings and thx. again
JoTo

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