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Need a disk wipe that works regardless of bad sectors.

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Alex Ethridge, 2010/08/17.

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  1. 2010/08/22
    visionof

    visionof Inactive

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    Spinrite would cover bad sectors and reallocate but its not free
     
  2. 2010/08/22
    Alex Ethridge

    Alex Ethridge Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    A drive does not need to be partitioned and formatted to be wiped.

    No, butt out, please. You have hijacked my thread enough.
     

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    Arie

    Arie Administrator Administrator Staff

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    Here is where we stop this.

    You won't find what you think should be there. In order to use software to wipe a drive it needs to be writable, therefore....
     
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