How To Delete and Wipe Your Data Securely With DBAN software by Britec A nice and simple job but takes a long time. Reset Windows & Wipe Files. DBAN or wipedrive can be used to erase your hard drive. I have s mac book pro which I am also running windows vista. When I run DBan in autonuke trying to. DBAN Autonuke Instructions The following is a simple procedure to completely wipe the contents of Windows PC hard. And long it has been running for in the top.

Copernic Agent Professional 6.12 Key Gen here. I'm trying to wipe my HDD and my PC doesn't have a DVD drive so USB is my only option. I've used Rufus and Universal USB Installer.

I also format the USB under FAT 32 everytime I try. When installing using Rufus I use the ISO tool and don't just copy paste the file. I've also turned off safe boot up (Pressed shift while clicking restart) on windows 8.1. In Bios I se the USB as the first to boot and ave and exit but it always just boots directly into windows. Just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong, help me out plz!

Hi, If you just want to empty the drive before you do an installation, you can actually do this within the Vista installation. Just go at the installation as normal, when prompted for installationtyp, choose 'Custom'. When prompted for a harddrive, mark any partitions and Remove them. Then format the existing drive and install it. Those tools mentioned in your post is if you perhaps are going to sell your PC and dont want anyone to be able to recover deleted files, it basicly formats the drive like above, only multiple times.