Re: [Hampshire] Erasing Hard Drives

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Author: Jacqui caren
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Erasing Hard Drives
Vic wrote:
>>I am a little concerned about using the dban disk, as I don't want
>>to damage the main drive on my machine. What tools would people
>>recommend that I can use to wipe clean a disk that is in my USB
>>caddy?
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>
> A PC carcass with no hard drive? :-)


1) ensure bios is set toboot from CD.
2) disconnect your drives just to be sure.

Jacqui

You are right to be concerned - mistakes happen.