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  1. August 4th, 2003, 11:19 AM #1
    Detector
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    How to sanitize a hard disk?

    I'm looking for a bit of help with some code that would permanently erase(sanitize) all data from a hard drive. I work at a medical facility that is replacing PC, and I need a way to wipe all data, and make the info irretrievable.

    These PC's are being donated and want to make sure they are HIPPA clean

    Thanks!!!
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  2. August 4th, 2003, 11:23 AM #2
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    Run the lowlevel format in your BIOS. Alternately there is software that will do it or you can write your own ... I believe that the lowlevel format is data destructive. You might want to run it a couple of times ... Oh, and this is also vendor specific ..
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  3. August 4th, 2003, 12:53 PM #3
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    Check out WipeInfo
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  4. August 4th, 2003, 07:21 PM #4
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    Use a magnet

    Seriously though, run a low level format, then write a quick VB program that will overwrite every sector on the disk with nulls, then reformat again.
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