Thinkpad x20 Hard Drive

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clynch · #1 Post by **clynch** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 9:59 am

I am in the process of donating my Thinkpad x20 (purchased in Jan 2001) and want to permanently clear the hard drive. Given the security issues these days with personal information, I would like to wipe the hard drive clean.

I have been unable to figure out how to do this. I have looked through the help menus, and they seem to indicate that I cannot re-format the primary partition. I have one partition --> IBM Preload (C:).

I would appreciate some advice on how to re-format the hard drive or utilize an alternative procedure to clear the hard drive.

Thanks

Chris

RS_003 · #2 Post by **RS_003** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:25 pm

Put it in an external drive.

But formating doesn't help... 99.9% of your data can still be read...
Yes... within the new installation even!

n00b1337 · #3 Post by **n00b1337** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 3:24 pm

you can download a program to help you do a low level format which will erase the hard drive so that nobody else can see the old contents of the drive.

selvan777 · #4 Post by **selvan777** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 2:51 am

Eraser will do it
http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/

Website · #5 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:00 am

Personally, I recommend AutoClave. You can get it through this site, since it is discontinued:

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/

Thinkpad x20 Hard Drive

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