shredderella
New Member
which tool is less likely to damage my hard drive or have something disastrous happen? dban or the manufacturer's (Gateway) write-zeroes tool that goes with my hard drive?
my machine is a 6-year-old Pentium II, 350 Mhz, 512 MB RAM, and HD is about 8 GB, running Windows 98fe.
i want the most security possible, as i want to start with a fresh, secure hard drive. yet i'm nervous about wiping or even using the write-zeroes tool. i've never done either, only standard reformatting.
thanks.
my machine is a 6-year-old Pentium II, 350 Mhz, 512 MB RAM, and HD is about 8 GB, running Windows 98fe.
i want the most security possible, as i want to start with a fresh, secure hard drive. yet i'm nervous about wiping or even using the write-zeroes tool. i've never done either, only standard reformatting.
thanks.