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securely erasing a usb drive

David Mehler
 

Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it,
in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for
secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a
screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
-
 


Highlight the drive in question, go to the context menu and choose Format or Reformat.  Reformatting should wipe the drive entirely.

----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2022 9:20 AM
Subject: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive

Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it,
in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for
secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a
screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
Gene
 

Formatting doesn't remove information.  it makes the drive unable to find the information.  The information is written over if you add files to a drive after formatting but until it is written over, the information is still there.  You need software to overwrite information on a drive and make it unrecoverable.

Gene

On 6/4/2022 12:53 PM, - wrote:

Highlight the drive in question, go to the context menu and choose Format or Reformat.  Reformatting should wipe the drive entirely.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2022 9:20 AM
Subject: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive

Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it,
in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for
secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a
screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
Richard Justice
 

Hi David,
If the intent is to recycle them as in taking them to a recycling center,
there is no need to erase the drives,
simply break the connections on the back of the drives rendering them
useless.

HTH,
Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Mehler" <dave.mehler@...>
To: "techtalk" <techtalk@groups.io>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2022 12:20 PM
Subject: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive


Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it,
in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for
secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a
screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
David Mehler
 

Hello,

I'm looking for the software for the overwriting of drive data.

Thanks.
Dave.

On 6/4/22, Richard Justice <rqjustice@...> wrote:
Hi David,
If the intent is to recycle them as in taking them to a recycling center,
there is no need to erase the drives,
simply break the connections on the back of the drives rendering them
useless.

HTH,
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Mehler" <dave.mehler@...>
To: "techtalk" <techtalk@groups.io>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2022 12:20 PM
Subject: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive


Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it,
in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for
secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a
screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
J. chang
 

A copy of PC Tools writes “0” or “1’s” to the entire drive including the boot sector.  I’ve used it for years.  It boots up in DOS….even for windows machines.

 

CCleanner also has a wipe utility… It says that it wipes drives to NSA/Military standards 1,3,7 or 35 times over.

 

--jeff

 

 
James Bentley
 

How about a hammer? It worked quite well for Mrs. Clinton.

James B

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of David Mehler
Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:21 AM
To: techtalk <techtalk@groups.io>
Subject: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive

Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it,
in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for
secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a
screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
Monte Single
 

Yes, if the drives in question are going to be reused, and not recycled, why bother wiping them on a pc.
Get you favourite hammer, bigger is better. Put the drive on a hard surface like a sidewalk or garage floor and beat the crap out of them.
Proven to be therapeutic.
A friend of mine has a business called a "smash therapy room", and people make appointments to come there, pay her money and smash stuff like windshields, computers, dishes, etc..
A lot of her work is cleaning up and finding more junk to smash.
Smash Therapy.
There could be one in your town where you could take your old drives, give the owner/manager some money and you could use their hammer, baseball bat, etc. and have a waleing good time.

Cheers,

Mont

P s, some people may prefer to do this in the privacy of their own homes. You never know wht will excite some folks.

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of James Bentley
Sent: June 5, 2022 3:33 PM
To: main@TechTalk.groups.io
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive

How about a hammer? It worked quite well for Mrs. Clinton.

James B

-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of David Mehler
Sent: Saturday, June 4, 2022 11:21 AM
To: techtalk <techtalk@groups.io>
Subject: [TechTalk] securely erasing a usb drive

Hello,

I've got a windows 10 machine and a USB2Sata bridge connected to it, in to which I'm wanting to put several sata drives sequentially for secure erasing preparatory to recycling them. Does anyone know a screen reader friendly software package that will secure erase drives?

Thanks.
Dave.
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