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As I had posted a few days ago my Western Digital hard drive has crashed.
luckely it is only a few months old and therefore still under warranty.
However, before contacting WD for an RMA, as you can imagine I'm a bit
paranoid about sending out my hd with my personal and financial info on it.
I know that when using windows xp, one way to wipe the disk is to use the
format option or even some third party application. However, since I can't
access windows what are my other options.
I looked through my bios (ami bios on an asus p4c800-e deluxe) but couldn't
find anything useful. I did find a program called KillDisk from which you
can create a bootable floppy with the wipe program on it but it doesn't seem
to be working. Is it true that passing a magnet over the hd will erase
the data on it.
Thanks in advance for you help

"ftran999" <> wrote in message
news:NCL1d.193543$Fg5.135291@attbi_s53...
> As I had posted a few days ago my Western Digital hard drive has crashed.
> luckely it is only a few months old and therefore still under warranty.
> However, before contacting WD for an RMA, as you can imagine I'm a bit
> paranoid about sending out my hd with my personal and financial info on
> it.
> I know that when using windows xp, one way to wipe the disk is to use the
> format option or even some third party application. However, since I
> can't
> access windows what are my other options.
> I looked through my bios (ami bios on an asus p4c800-e deluxe) but
> couldn't
> find anything useful. I did find a program called KillDisk from which you
> can create a bootable floppy with the wipe program on it but it doesn't
> seem
> to be working. Is it true that passing a magnet over the hd will erase
> the data on it.
> Thanks in advance for you help

Get PGP- it has a DOD disk-wipe utitlity.

Edw.

Special Ed, the pompous, sleepy-eyed head louse, and farm animal castrator,
railed:

>> As I had posted a few days ago my Western Digital hard drive has
>> crashed. luckely it is only a few months old and therefore still
>> under warranty. However, before contacting WD for an RMA, as you can
>> imagine I'm a bit paranoid about sending out my hd with my personal
>> and financial info on it.
>> I know that when using windows xp, one way to wipe the disk is to
>> use the format option or even some third party application.
>> However, since I can't
>> access windows what are my other options.
>> I looked through my bios (ami bios on an asus p4c800-e deluxe) but
>> couldn't
>> find anything useful. I did find a program called KillDisk from
>> which you can create a bootable floppy with the wipe program on it
>> but it doesn't seem
>> to be working. Is it true that passing a magnet over the hd will
>> erase the data on it.
>> Thanks in advance for you help
>
> Get PGP- it has a DOD disk-wipe utitlity.

And how ****ing good will that be if the onboard controller card is rooted,
you ****ing, stupidly ignorant, inadmissible, campy bat?

--
You squabbling, blotchy, stitched gnatcatcher.

"ftran999" <> wrote in message
news:NCL1d.193543$Fg5.135291@attbi_s53...
> As I had posted a few days ago my Western Digital hard drive has crashed.
> luckely it is only a few months old and therefore still under warranty.
> However, before contacting WD for an RMA, as you can imagine I'm a bit
> paranoid about sending out my hd with my personal and financial info on
it.
> I know that when using windows xp, one way to wipe the disk is to use the
> format option or even some third party application. However, since I
can't
> access windows what are my other options.
> I looked through my bios (ami bios on an asus p4c800-e deluxe) but
couldn't
> find anything useful. I did find a program called KillDisk from which you
> can create a bootable floppy with the wipe program on it but it doesn't
seem
> to be working. Is it true that passing a magnet over the hd will erase
> the data on it.
> Thanks in advance for you help

go to the hospital and let em do an mri scan on it..

-a|ex

"127.0.0.1" wrote
>
> go to the hospital and let em do an mri scan on it..

I was there today, defrag went smoothly.