MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility VS Darik's Boot and Nuke

/u/ChiBears_34 If you're on Windows, use the amazing MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility. Of course every other tool does the job too (there's even browser based solutions) but that tool is fast, handy and just does the job beautifully. Source: over 1 year ago

If you don't have a Linux installation yet, you can install appropriate tools like https://raylin.wordpress.com/downloads/md5-sha-1-checksum-utility/ under Windows. With the Powershell it would also be possible, but it is a bit cumbersome. Source: over 1 year ago

It’s definitely possible. I used the MD5 & SHA checksum utility (https://raylin.wordpress.com/downloads/md5-sha-1-checksum-utility/). Then selected the the files and verified the the SHA on the website 8b5f37eb6b2d0534cbbc490986f23d7fb470697b7839ac1305499c4675f1ea11. Source: over 2 years ago

If you’re worried about such people try deriks boot and nuke Https://dban.org. Source: 10 months ago

Presuming you want to sell it with windows running, first make a Window boot disk so you can recover. Then use DBAN (https://dban.org/) to completely wipe the drive. Then reinstall Windows up to the setup stage. The new owner will experience it as a new computer. Source: 10 months ago

An alternative to Parted is DBAN Darik's Boot and Nuke We use this for most full Drive wipes Https://dban.org/. Source: 11 months ago

I do love all the creative ways to completely destroy a drive, but in general you should just be able to use DBAN if you just want to wipe the drive to make data recovery near impossible, but still be able to use it afterwards. Source: 11 months ago

You have a few options. The easiest in my opinion is just to smash the hard drives (assuming you don't want to reuse or sell them). Otherwise I use DBAN for permanently wiping HDDs: https://dban.org/ Try using your motherboard's UEFI BIOS for SSD or maybe even the manufacturer's utility if you have one. Source: 12 months ago