Erasing data from harddrive

Hello,
I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data from
harddrive.
I need the utilty which:
1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until
all disk is done
or
2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite.
Thanks,
Fred

"Fred" <replyto@it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Did you already try DBAN? http://www.dban.org/download

Brgds

Oliver

I tried now. It is not good.
Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my hard
drive at all!
(Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software)
Fred

if the partitions were removed so was the data

not true at all

Check the manufacturer's website and see if it has a utility for
completely erasing the drive.

I use ERASER which is a boot CD & takes 8 - 72 hours to government wipe hard
drives

--
SPAMCOP User

It does.
But unfortunately, writing "0" stops on the first writing error and on any
consecutive error asking me if I want to continue.
I need to bypass that message step, and continue automatically regardless of
errors.
Fred

Download a trial version from here:

http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/download/drivecleanser/

hth

Does it allow you to select sectors or will it not stop on errors?

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1 4th May 20:25 fred External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive Hello, I am looking for the recommendation of utilty erasing data from harddrive. I need the utilty which: 1. Will NOT stop on errors (disk write errors) but it will continue until all disk is done or 2. Will allow me to choose sectors to overwrite. Thanks, Fred

2 4th May 20:25 oliver aichinger External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive "Fred" <replyto@it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:esnNJ3AKKHA.3632@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... Did you already try DBAN? http://www.dban.org/download Brgds Oliver

3 4th May 20:25 fred External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive I tried now. It is not good. Not only does not allow me to select clusters but it does not see my hard drive at all! (Partitions were removed by Western Digital utility software) Fred

4 24th May 19:45 olfart External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive if the partitions were removed so was the data

5 24th May 19:45 fred External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive not true at all

6 24th May 19:45 bennett marco External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive Check the manufacturer's website and see if it has a utility for completely erasing the drive.

7 24th May 19:45 spamcop user External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive I use ERASER which is a boot CD & takes 8 - 72 hours to government wipe hard drives -- SPAMCOP User

8 24th May 19:45 fred External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive It does. But unfortunately, writing "0" stops on the first writing error and on any consecutive error asking me if I want to continue. I need to bypass that message step, and continue automatically regardless of errors. Fred

9 24th May 19:45 anonymous External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive Download a trial version from here: http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/download/drivecleanser/ hth

10 24th May 19:45 fred External User Posts: 1	Erasing data from harddrive Does it allow you to select sectors or will it not stop on errors?