Twitcher Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thinking of parting with an older Fujitsu laptop as this has now been replaced. Should I remove and destroy the hard drive just in case data could be stolen? Would it be saleable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choogling Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thinking of parting with an older Fujitsu laptop as this has now been replaced. Should I remove and destroy the hard drive just in case data could be stolen? Would it be saleable? I once bought a batch of fujitsu's from a school that was upgrading, the hard drive and memory had been removed from them all, by the time I had replaced them they were to expensive to sell, lost a bundle on it, I would say get hold of a good reformatting program or just scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghozer Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 You could zero fill the drive, or do a 'full' format (opposed to a fast) a couple of times.. if someone REALLY wanted to get your data, they possibly could, but if you zero fill, then reinstall, it's highly unlikely anyone will... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IT-Smith Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 I use DBAN to wipe hard drives. https://dban.org/ What version of Windows does it have on it? As it may be of some value if it has a fresh install on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitcher Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 You could zero fill the drive, or do a 'full' format (opposed to a fast) a couple of times.. if someone REALLY wanted to get your data, they possibly could, but if you zero fill, then reinstall, it's highly unlikely anyone will... Sorry to sound thick, what's zero fill please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastnet IT Posted July 18, 2018 Share Posted July 18, 2018 If you're not bothered about resale just take the drive out and drill it 2 or 3 times about 1 inch from the spindle (the centre). You want to hit the platters, not the motor in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 I use DBAN to wipe hard drives. https://dban.org/ This. Can take a while to run depending on the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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