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[Solved] How to format internal hard drive?

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nickazzo123   02-06-2012 at 07:50:52 PM

Hello,

I just sold my western digital caviar blue 500gb and I want to know how to clear everything off of it using the same computer its in now? Any recommended programs?

Thanks!

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Hawkeye22   02-06-2012 at 08:41:12 PM

Just install it in your computer as a secondary drive and use disk management to format it. If you are paranoid about your data, try darik's boot & nuke.

http://www.dban.org/

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nickazzo123   02-06-2012 at 11:20:35 PM

Hawkeye22 wrote :

Just install it in your computer as a secondary drive and use disk management to format it. If you are paranoid about your data, try darik's boot & nuke.

http://www.dban.org/



Tried that and it said it couldn't find the hard drive.

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CDdude55   02-07-2012 at 12:14:09 AM
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You could always boot your Windows disc and delete the partition you want that way.

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