Wiping Partitions
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2009 6:22 pm
Hi, my laptop HDD (single physical disk) is 149 GB and partitioned as such:
6 GB Recovery Partition (No Drive Letter)
71 GB C: (System)
72 GB D:
in that order
What I would like to do is securly delete all data on C: and D: without touching the recovery partition. I don't mind if this actually deletes those two partitions turning them in to 143 GB unallocated space or leaves them as partitions, as long as the data on both is wiped and the recovery partition is not.
I know of software I can use to wipe the entire physical disk but that would destroy the recovery partition too. I want to leave the partition intact, this way I can use it to restore the laptop to factory defaults to sell.
Does ayone have any recommendations? I'm a little stuck. Thank you.
Note: This particular model of laptop does not provide easy access to the HDD, so connecting the HDD to another PC to do the wiping from within the OS would not be ideal. I would like if posable to do this from a book disk on the laptop itself.
6 GB Recovery Partition (No Drive Letter)
71 GB C: (System)
72 GB D:
in that order
What I would like to do is securly delete all data on C: and D: without touching the recovery partition. I don't mind if this actually deletes those two partitions turning them in to 143 GB unallocated space or leaves them as partitions, as long as the data on both is wiped and the recovery partition is not.
I know of software I can use to wipe the entire physical disk but that would destroy the recovery partition too. I want to leave the partition intact, this way I can use it to restore the laptop to factory defaults to sell.
Does ayone have any recommendations? I'm a little stuck. Thank you.
Note: This particular model of laptop does not provide easy access to the HDD, so connecting the HDD to another PC to do the wiping from within the OS would not be ideal. I would like if posable to do this from a book disk on the laptop itself.