At 09:20 AM 10/08/02 -0700, Amber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am about to put my Rev B iMac up for sale and before I do so, I want >to ensure that the new owner will not have access to my old work files. > >Is erasing the hard drive the most secure way to clean a hard drive and >make any of my files completely irretrievable ?
You can't make them safe from the NSA unless you actually melt it in a furnace. But if the black helicopters aren't hovering over you, you can use a utility that overwrites the free space on your disk, preferably many times. That should make them un-uneraseable. If you have a general file utility/recoverer, it may have this built in. Otherwise, try something like "burn' at http://www.thenextwave.com/burnHP.html (for Mac OS) Erase your files with it AND erase the free space, then reboot and do it again. If you feel paranoid, try a file undeleter and see if it can find anything. -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
