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This would depend on the size of the hard disk as well as the degree of thoroughness required. The time taken is directly proportionate to the size of the disk. For example, a seven-pass erase (which overwrites the data on the disk seven times) on a 500GB hard disk drive can take about 18 hours.
What else can I help you with?
How can one wipe a computer disk?
A computer hard disk drive can be wiped by using a program with an algorithm which will essentially rewrite over the entire disk, usually with a long string of zeros.
What is disk sanitizer?
DS is a secure way to wipe a hard disk for security reason
You lost the coded game sleeve for Starcraft How can you play it without it if you have the disk?
as long as it is installed, you can play. but make sure you don't wipe your hardrive.
How do you clean your laptop?
get a cleaning disk to wipe it out and refresh the fan
Does wipe have a short or long vowel?
The I in wipe is a long I, provided by the silent E.
Does wipe out disk really works on deleting everything on hard drive?
Yes
What direction should you wipe when cleaning a CD or DVD?
You can can wipe a disc any direction you just have to wipe it with a soft cloth
What do you do when Super Smash Bros Brawl disk cannot be read?
Normally, when a disk cannot be read, is has dust, or mold, or scratches, or dirt on it. If this is the case, simply wet a paper towel (not to much), and wipe of the disc. If this is not the case, take the game back to were you bought it. They should have a solution.
How do you clean your game disc?
To clean the game disk you should yes wipe it on your shirt and then try to stick it in but i would out of experience i would either..... 1.wipe the disk with a cloth then lick it and then wipe it off with a cloth again (but only do this FOR A LAST RESORTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OR NO RESORT AT ALL))))))))) 2.You can use an actual thing that cleans disks but for people like me just try to wipe it off 3.hmm.... try blowing on the console that the disk isn't working on and make sure the console or game system or whatever is working first
Do you have to format the external hard disk before you use?
yes because in you do not format the external hard disk you can wipe it clean so if will never work again.
Is it OK to wipe a playstation 3 game off with water?
you can but you need to use a special disk cleaner dont apply too much water or it will destroy the disk
How do you wipe personal data from a hard drive?
(assuming youre using Windows) Click on start. Go to 'my computer' for XP or 'computer' for Vista. Right-click on the hard drive you wish to wipe the data from. Then click on format. WARNING: this will delete EVERYTHING from that hard drive and it does take some time. Note that while the steps in the above answer will delete all files on the hard disk, the data is not wiped in a format and is still recoverable. If you wish to remove the data in such a way that it is not recoverable you will have to use a file shredding application which overwrites the data and erases it again and repeats the process a number of times. There are several applications designed for this purpose, I will link to a freeware site below with a list of several disk utilities including some disk wiping utilities. Also, if you wish to wipe any recoverable data from the free space of your hard disk, but retain all other files. There is a program called "disk redactor" which does just this. Simply delete any files you wish to shred, empty the recycle bin, and then use disk redactor to securely wipe all the blank space on your hard disk. Disk redactor is free, and i will link it below.
