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Old November 4, 2011, 11:20 PM
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I have 2 320gb Samsung spinpoint hard drives that I would like to completely wipe so they can be sold on here or kijiji. The only problem is that the computer they were hooked up to has been parted out partially. How can I go about running a program like boot and nuke?

Can anyone help me out I've never done this before and don't want to accidentally nuke my SSD boot drive. :P
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Old November 4, 2011, 11:24 PM
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Have a look at this post , you should be able to just hook them up to your existing rig and wipe them with the program of your choice.
Reminder: Properly Wipe Storage Devices Before Selling
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Old November 4, 2011, 11:40 PM
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Yeah that's where I got the idea. I am just unsure about the process. Is it really just as simple as connect the power and sata cables and then run the program or do I have to make any bios changes or ?

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it's as simple as that.
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Old November 4, 2011, 11:58 PM
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Yeah that's where I got the idea. I am just unsure about the process. Is it really just as simple as connect the power and sata cables and then run the program or do I have to make any bios changes or ?

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Yup just hook them up power on they should be detected by windows with a popup window. Open the program of your choice point it to the drives do your thing.
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Old November 5, 2011, 12:03 AM
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Awesome I'm in Eraser right now, just hooked em up. A strange thing though. One of the drives is partitioned. Do I need to do anything special first?
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Old November 5, 2011, 12:15 AM
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I keep getting this message

Status Completed with Errors
Error The program does not have the required permissions to erase the unused space on disk. Run the program as an administrator and retry the option.

I tried running it as an admin and still nothing :(. Googling for a solution right now.

*edit again. I'm a noob I didnt fully close the program was just xing out of it.
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