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Yes. It is very feasible. If the malware is smart enough it could cause damage to Windows registries and make the HDD no longer bootable. With good software for recovery however, it can be fixed.
Maybe. Malicious code cannot erase your HDD physically. Malicious code is really just electrical pulses on data, so in no way can it erase your hard drive. However, if the hacker is smart enough, the HDD could be erased as in physically damaged if the hacker knows how to compromise SATA controllers within the HDD and cause them to overheat, erasing your HDD.
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Erase a hard drive?
Use ErAce from erace.it
What is the purpose of the write-zeros-to-drive?
To completely erase the data on the hard drive.
How do you permanently erase an entire hard drive?
Use ErAce from erace.it
If you reinstall windows does it erase your hard drive?
Reinstalling Windows will not erase the hard drive unless you tell it to reformat the hard drive before reinstalling the operating system. You will have to reinstall all your programs that were installed prior to reinstall but all your saved files will still be there.
How does Trojan virus effect the computer?
It can erase your hard drive!They can delete your files.
Erase all your hard drive?
You can use over write programm like ErAce form erace.it
How do you erase hard drive?
The most conventional way is to get a giant magnet, and slide it across your hard drive atleast 7 times. WARNING: Only do this if you truly want to destroy/erase it.
What provides a strong magnetic field used to completely erase data on a hard drive or tape drive?
Degausser
How do you completely erase the information on your hard drive?
Impossible to guarantee total unrecoverable erasure. Destroy hard drive with a hammer - it's the only way.
How do you zero out a hard drive in Fedora 8?
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdxSubstitute the appropriate drive letter for x. Be very careful that you do not erase the wrong hard drive.
How do you quit your band in Rock Band?
Erase the data of Rock Band on your hard drive.
Do you have a downloadable for scrubbing the hard drive?
The best hard drive eraser program for PCs is Darik's Boot and Nuke which can be found at: www.dban.org. If you are using a Macintosh, then use OS X's Disk Utility to erase hard drives. In the utility you can set options to securely erase the data.
