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 This guide contains the basics on how to wipe a hard drive externally using a toaster as well as using Windows software and Multiboot. 

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External Hard Drive (Toaster Method)

Step 1. Obtain a “toaster” and the hard drive to be wiped. Setup the toaster and hard drive

Step 2. Open up windows explorer. Three new hard drivees should show up by the computer’s internal hard drive

Step 3. Right click on the “Data” Drive and click Format. Keep all options the same and press start. Do this for the other two drives.

Done

 

Wiping the Hard Drive using Windows Disk Management

Windows 7

Step 1: Access Disk management by typing partition into the start menu, or by opening the control panel and selecting create and format disk partitions under administrative tools

Step 2: Select Disk partitions to be formatted or deleted. Right click on selected partition and select delete volume. Repeat for all partitions:

Step 3: Done

Windows 10

Step 1: Access Disk Management by going to the control panel -> administrative tools -> Disk Management. Make sure to run the program as an administrator.

Step 2: select disk partitions to be formatted or deleted. Right click on selected partition and select delete volume. Repeat for all partitions.

Step 3: Done

 

Using the Multiboot USB tool

Step 1: Boot the computer using the USB by hitting f12 immediately after start up and selecting USB device.

Step 2: once Main Menu appears, select system tools -> Ultimate Boot CD -> HDD-> Disk wiping -> HDShredder V4.0.1

Step 3: press Y to begin the wiping program, Continue to press yes when prompted. Program will wipe the disk clean. May take a while depending on the amount of files on the disk.

Step 4: Done

 

Alternative to the Ultimate Boot CD method:

Step 1: Boot the computer using the Multiboot USB by hitting F12 on startup and selecting the USB drive.

Step 2: Once in the Main Menu, Select system tools -> Parted Magic. (Note: In case of need Parted Magic is also available through Hiren's Boot CD as Linux based rescue environment).

Step 3: Once parted magic boots up, open Disk Eraser.

Step 4: Use the shred or dd methods for a quick wipe or nwipe for a more secure wipe (similar to DBAN but takes MUCH longer).

Step 5: Choose the hard drive to be wiped (The USB can be disconnected once at this stage so as to not accidentally wipe it).

Step 6: Done.

 

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