[SOLVED] Help with CC cleaner and wiping a Hard drive, please

[jimenezbcg]

Hey guys, first of all I am sorry if this post isn't allowed here, but I need your help you have always been helping me out which I greatly Apreciate.

I am thinking of upgrading my PC and I want to sell my previous old Hard drives, but, I had very important Financial and personal Information on those drives, So I used CC cleaning tool, secure file deletion, slower, Wipe MFT free space, 36 overwrites on the disk I am going to sell.

My question is this, how effective is that wiping I did, and I know the guy Im selling my old parts to has some Knowledge in PCs so I am wondering if for guy like him is easy to recover some delicate information.

I am pretty sure I had files from my bank account, my job documents which was very confidential could get fired if they know I leaked info about the company, so to me is worrysome.

Thank you so much

 

[nofanneeded]

There is no way to secure erase harddisks if the one who wants the data pays a professional with professional hardware tools to extract them ..

There will always be some layers of "magnetic" information left on the platter no matter how you try to write zeros on the surface.

 

[jimenezbcg]

There is no way to secure erase harddisks if the one who wants the data pays a professional with professional hardware tools to extract them ..

There will always be some layers of "magnetic" information left on the platter no matter how you try to write zeros on the surface.

So better not sell hardrives but destroy them right?

 

[nofanneeded]

So better not sell hardrives but destroy them right?

Depends on the type of Data and how sensitive it is .. also most important Data from companies are encrypted . If the company did not bother to force people to Encrypt them , I dont think they are much of a big deal.

 

[Ralston18]

Consider DBAN:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/latest/download

If you decide that DBAN (or some similar utility) is not enough then destroy the drives by taking them apart.

Salvage and save the magnets (very powerful) . Separate the PCB's.

Then scuff up the shiny platters. Recycle the metals. Hopefully there is a place designated for proper disposal of the PCBs.

 

[neojack]

I have an old pc box at work that i keep because it has 6 Sata ports.

when we donate PC's, i dismount their hard drives, and plug them in the old box, and plug an usb boot drive with DBAN on it.
i boot on the usb disk drive and type "autonuke" and let it run overnight.

It's actually also a good test for hard drive's reliability. if their was errors, DBAN will tell you so you won't reuse a bad hdd.

 

[geofelt]

I doubt that you can sell a HDD for anything worthwhile.
I would just take a hammer to it and forget about it.

But, better yet, why not repurpose your hdd as an external backup device.
Buy a usb to 3.5' external adapter box.

 

[Flayed]

There are tools that will secure erase hdds using DoD standards. I did play around with one a while ago. It does take a very very very long time on a large drive though

 

[USAFRet]

Hey guys, first of all I am sorry if this post isn't allowed here, but I need your help you have always been helping me out which I greatly Apreciate.

I am thinking of upgrading my PC and I want to sell my previous old Hard drives, but, I had very important Financial and personal Information on those drives, So I used CC cleaning tool, secure file deletion, slower, Wipe MFT free space, 36 overwrites on the disk I am going to sell.

My question is this, how effective is that wiping I did, and I know the guy Im selling my old parts to has some Knowledge in PCs so I am wondering if for guy like him is easy to recover some delicate information.

I am pretty sure I had files from my bank account, my job documents which was very confidential could get fired if they know I leaked info about the company, so to me is worrysome.

Thank you so much

"I want to sell my previous old Hard drives"

DBAN

Darik's Boot and Nuke - DBAN - Darik's Boot And Nuke

Free Open-Source Data Wiping Software for Personal Use

dban.org