DBAN

Forum discussion tagged with DBAN.
  1. R

    [SOLVED] Windows Will Not Activate After DBAN

    Hello, I work for a company and we are working on refurbishing some older PCs and selling them. Before I started working here they were DBANd and it became my project earlier this week to get them ready to sell. After re-installing Windows 10 on them 90% of them are not activating. We do not...
  2. _dawn_chorus_

    [SOLVED] Using DBAN questions

    I am returning a drive I had loaded a bunch of my files onto. Nothing highly sensitive but I want to erase the disc thoroughly before returning. I downloaded DBAN but while reading the instructions it seems a bit intimidating. It says I launch it on boot and it will wipe all disks, is there no...
  3. Freebreeze

    [SOLVED] Did i wreck my HDD running bdan

    Ok I ran dban on a gateway I wanted to wipe it and reinstall windows it didnt workout so good so I decided to put an old Hitachi HDD from a Panasonic all i get is black screen with a blinking underscore. What I got to do to make this gateway laptop work again even can I use the HDD that I wiped...
  4. B

    [SOLVED] Gutman wipe days it’s going to take 90 hours.

    I have a 2tb seagate hard drive and I am running a gutman wipe. I’ve only used a few hundred gbs of the 2tb drive but when I am running a gutman wipe through dban it is saying that it is going to take 92 hours. The time keeps changing by a few hours. Is it really going to take this long?
  5. K

    Opinions on areas to upgrade within my system.

    So I am looking to upgrade my PC in January around the time of the Kabylake launch. I was curious to see how users feel that my PC will stand against the newer titles. Specification list: CPU: Intel core i5 4690k 3.5Ghz CPU Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler. GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 970 GAMING...
  6. M

    my Asus laptop was restarting and I accidentally touched the power button, now when I try to turn it on it only lights up,

    My Asus laptop won't turn on, it was restarting and I accidentally touched the power button, and that was two days ago, when I press the power button now it just lights up, and nothing eles, please tell the the steps I need to take
  7. R

    New build wont boot

    Hi, i made a new build couple days ago and i cant get it to boot. When i press the power button or short the power button pins on the mobo, everything starts running but they only run for like 3-5 seconds and then it shuts down and tries again and i get nothing to the monitor. I have cleared...