Erasing data from harddrive

Hello,
I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data from
harddrive.
I need the utilty which:
1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
all disk is done
or
2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
Thanks,
Fred

"Fred" <replyto@it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Hello,
> I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data from
> harddrive.
> I need the utilty which:
> 1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
> all disk is done
> or
> 2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
> Thanks,
> Fred
>

Did you already try DBAN? http://www.dban.org/download

Brgds

Oliver

I tried now. It is not good.
Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my hard
drive at all!
(Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software)
Fred

"Oliver Aichinger" <o.aichinger@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Fred" <replyto@it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:esnNJ3AKKHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hello,
>> I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data
>> from harddrive.
>> I need the utilty which:
>> 1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
>> all disk is done
>> or
>> 2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
>> Thanks,
>> Fred
>>
>
> Did you already try DBAN? http://www.dban.org/download
>
> Brgds
>
> Oliver

"Fred" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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>
> I tried now. It is not good.
> Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my hard
> drive at all!
> (Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software)
> Fred
>
if the partitions were removed so was the data

not true at all

"olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Fred" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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>>
>> I tried now. It is not good.
>> Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my hard
>> drive at all!
>> (Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software)
>> Fred
>>
> if the partitions were removed so was the data
>

"Fred" <replyto@it> wrote:

>Hello,
> I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data from
>harddrive.
>I need the utilty which:
>1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
>all disk is done
>or
>2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
>Thanks,
>Fred

Check the manufacturer's website and see if it has a utility for
completely erasing the drive.

I use ERASER which is a boot CD & takes 8 - 72 hours to government wipe hard
drives

--
SPAMCOP User


"Fred" <replyto@it> wrote in message
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> not true at all
>
> "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message
> news:7fqp3vF2l5dudU1@mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "Fred" <replyto@it> wrote in message
>> news:OGaVVOBKKHA.1724@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> I tried now. It is not good.
>>> Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my
>>> hard drive at all!
>>> (Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software)
>>> Fred
>>>
>> if the partitions were removed so was the data
>>
>
>

It does.
But unfortunately, writing "0" stops on the first writing error and on any
consecutive error asking me if I want to continue.
I need to bypass that message step, and continue automatically regardless of
errors.
Fred

"Bennett Marco" <benmarco@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Fred" <replyto@it> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>> I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data
>> from
>>harddrive.
>>I need the utilty which:
>>1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
>>all disk is done
>>or
>>2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
>>Thanks,
>>Fred
>
> Check the manufacturer's website and see if it has a utility for
> completely erasing the drive.

Download a trial version from here:

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/do...drivecleanser/

hth


Fred wrote:

>Hello,
> I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data from
>harddrive.
>I need the utilty which:
>1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
>all disk is done
>or
>2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
>Thanks,
>Fred
>
>
>
>

Does it allow you to select sectors or will it not stop on errors?

"SPAMCOP User" <spamcop_user@no_mail.haha> wrote in message
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>I use ERASER which is a boot CD & takes 8 - 72 hours to government wipe
>hard drives
>
> --
> SPAMCOP User
>
>
> "Fred" <replyto@it> wrote in message
> news:OGdtIZBKKHA.4232@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> not true at all
>>
>> "olfart" <olfart65@excite.com> wrote in message
>> news:7fqp3vF2l5dudU1@mid.individual.net...
>>>
>>> "Fred" <replyto@it> wrote in message
>>> news:OGaVVOBKKHA.1724@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> I tried now. It is not good.
>>>> Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my
>>>> hard drive at all!
>>>> (Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software)
>>>> Fred
>>>>
>>> if the partitions were removed so was the data
>>>
>>
>>
>