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  1. 03-01-2012, 10:52 AM #1
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    There is also a drive wipe tool in a free program I use for routine maintenance, called CCleaner, it's in the tools options, and you have choices for 1, 3, 7 passes (maybe more), just do as PTS said and hook up a usb ext dock.. Depending on the size of the drive, and how many passes you want to perform, it could take days.. Last one I wiped was only an 80G unit, and it took 13-14 hours for a triple pass..

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhiteLightning View Post
    There is also a drive wipe tool in a free program I use for routine maintenance, called CCleaner, it's in the tools options, and you have choices for 1, 3, 7 passes (maybe more), just do as PTS said and hook up a usb ext dock.. Depending on the size of the drive, and how many passes you want to perform, it could take days.. Last one I wiped was only an 80G unit, and it took 13-14 hours for a triple pass..
    wow 13 hours? your using the wrong program then. Diskwhie only takes about 20 mins to do a triple pass on an 80gb drive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper View Post
    wow 13 hours? your using the wrong program then. Diskwhie only takes about 20 mins to do a triple pass on an 80gb drive.
    That's good news! I was dreading the possibility of triple passing some 500G drive with that program.. Thanks for the heads up
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