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line-em-up
02-20-2008, 08:47 PM
I've got about 20 PC's that I need to return for lease and I want to wipe the drive easily and quickly. I've used a program before on a CD that I could put in and wipe the drive in a matter of seconds. I don't remember the name of it and now I can't find anything that's free. Does anybody have anything they would recommend?
Hunt4m3x
02-20-2008, 09:23 PM
http://www.9down.com/Hiren-s-BootCD-v9-4-incl-keyboard-patch-22256/

burn that to a cd and use the any of the eraser programs on there.

PERFECT bootdisk/CD
Hunt4m3x
02-20-2008, 09:27 PM
Active Kill Disk 4.1
Securely overwrites and destroys all data on physical drive.



Ive used that many time. DoD 8 pass veriey 100%
line-em-up
02-20-2008, 10:06 PM
Excellent. I will try that and let you know how it works for me.
Yellowstang
02-20-2008, 10:14 PM
Get a large magnet and rub it on the drives!
BradM
02-20-2008, 10:18 PM
Trying to get rid of the kiddie porn before the feds reach you?
line-em-up
03-03-2008, 08:43 AM
[QUOTE=BradM]Trying to get rid of the kiddie porn before the feds reach you?[/QUOTE]


Why do you ask? Do you want some of it before it's gone?
Hunt4m3x
03-03-2008, 10:44 AM
email me it. root@fbi.gov
line-em-up
03-03-2008, 10:46 AM
[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]email me it. root@fbi.gov[/QUOTE]

Sure, I'll get right on it. Did you want the gay porn and beastiality port too?
Quick '91 GT
03-03-2008, 03:42 PM
Joshstang call dibs on the scat vids. He can watch them in his uber bad-ass mustang. :cool:
Hunt4m3x
03-03-2008, 10:14 PM
lmfao.
justinsn95
03-10-2008, 12:35 PM
Probly a noob question to you guys but hey im still a noob. :D Do you get to keep all your drivers when you do this? this would be scary to me if you dont cause i have never tracked down all the drivers for a machine and reinstalled them. also, tell me if im understanding this right. your drivers you have to have to run the machine at all right? so if you did somehow erase them all, how would you get the machine to run long enough to put them back on? seems like i saw a couple threads where people were needing to re do all their drivers on a PC that was having trouble and that got me wondering.
line-em-up
03-10-2008, 12:44 PM
Yes, it would be a good idea to make sure you have the drivers BEFORE you wipe it clean. In fact, it wouldn't hurt to back up the whole drive before you do. A lot of times, the network driver is one of the ones that windows won't install with a new install. Without the network connection, you have no internet. It's a pain in the ass to have to use another machine to go get the drivers.
Magnus
03-10-2008, 12:49 PM
[QUOTE=line-em-up]Why do you ask? Do you want some of it before it's gone?[/QUOTE]
Pm sent!
line-em-up
03-10-2008, 01:53 PM
[QUOTE=Godmagnus]Pm sent![/QUOTE]

LOL. Check you inbox. You should have about 20G of kiddie porn in it now.
justinsn95
03-12-2008, 03:27 AM
well now i wanna ask if you guys know exactly how to create a ghost image of your hard drive. its kind of a system restore type thing. is it a program you run that creates a partition? if so is there a free one i could download somewhere?
line-em-up
03-12-2008, 08:06 AM
[QUOTE=justinsn95]well now i wanna ask if you guys know exactly how to create a ghost image of your hard drive. its kind of a system restore type thing. is it a program you run that creates a partition? if so is there a free one i could download somewhere?[/QUOTE]

It depends on what version you have as to how you will do image. You can find an older version online for free. I downloaded one just yesterday. Just search for "ghost.exe". You can use it to image one partition or the whole drive. For a 10G image size, it may only take about 10 minutes to image a drive once you figure out how to use it.
Hunt4m3x
03-12-2008, 10:49 AM
I use DriveImage XML. Been working great so far. (30 user backups)
line-em-up
03-12-2008, 11:02 AM
[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]I use DriveImage XML. Been working great so far. (30 user backups)[/QUOTE]

How old is your copy? I thought Symantec bought out DriveImage and integrated it into Ghost.
Hunt4m3x
03-12-2008, 11:17 AM
[QUOTE=line-em-up]How old is your copy? I thought Symantec bought out DriveImage and integrated it into Ghost.[/QUOTE]

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm
line-em-up
03-12-2008, 11:53 AM
[QUOTE=Hunt4m3x]http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm[/QUOTE]

Thanks, I'll have to try it? Have you used it for a 64bit XP image?
Hunt4m3x
03-12-2008, 08:43 PM
Its does sector to sector copying.

If you are looking for like a network solution, use ghost. I just use driveimage to backup drives before format or changing out their equipment.
justinsn95
03-13-2008, 04:06 PM
[QUOTE=line-em-up]It depends on what version you have as to how you will do image. You can find an older version online for free. I downloaded one just yesterday. Just search for "ghost.exe". You can use it to image one partition or the whole drive. For a 10G image size, it may only take about 10 minutes to image a drive once you figure out how to use it.[/QUOTE]

dang. it seems i cant find one that i can easily understand. the ones that that i tried want me to select an option or something talking about the fat table. is there a more
noob friendly one somewhere?
Brandon-K
03-14-2008, 09:17 PM
[QUOTE=justinsn95]dang. it seems i cant find one that i can easily understand. the ones that that i tried want me to select an option or something talking about the fat table. is there a more
noob friendly one somewhere?[/QUOTE]

Judging by some of your posts this doesn't suprise me. j/k

but seriously...google.com is your friend. Or try groups.google.com