How to erase a hard drive

clipped from blogs.zdnet.com You may already know that “deleting” a file does nothing of the sort. File information is maintained in a directory so your operating system can find it. All that “delete” does is erase the file’s reference information. Your OS can’t find it, but the data is still there. clipped from cmrr.ucsd.edu Secure Erase Download Freeware Secure Erase Utility ReadMe Secure Erase Q & A clipped from killdisk.com Active@ Kill Disk - Hard Drive Eraser Download Free Version The FREE application can be registered with a registration key without re-installation to be able to erase data using DoD 5220.22-M and other methods.