Seagate ST380011A Support Question
Seagate ST380011A Support Question
Find answers below for this question about Seagate ST380011A - 80GB IDE Barracuda 7200.7 7200RPM 2MB OEM.Question posted by steffany517 on July 6th, 2011
I Need To Erase Or Destroy The Harddrive Of A Seagate Barracuda Harddrive
HelloI would like to now how to erase my harddrive from a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 80 Gbytes ST 380011A
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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on July 7th, 2011 11:22 AM
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Erase, or destroy?
To destroy, remove the disk from the PC. Place it on a solid surface and whack it numerous time with a hammer.
Sure, you're laughing... but this is the ONLY way to securely dispose of a hard disk. By physically destroying it.
To securely erase the disk I recommend Darik's Boot-n-nuke (DBAN). This tool is used by the NSA and the FBI to securely wipe disks drives on their systems.
This is a free tool which can be downloaded from here: http://www.dban.org/
NOTE: This is permanently destructive tool. Once run the disk will be unrecoverable except with an electron microscope and a few months of labor.
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