By AphJN; "...use a Degaussing coil to wipe the drive from existance!"
As stated above, "is this what you really want to do?"
If wiping the
entire hard disk for security reasons (personal info/files etc) is your aim, and you're not comfortable with a format only, then download
this file and click on it to create a bootdisk which will effectively kill the hard disk of ANY partitions/data. It even turns off the S.M.A.R.T. utility of the hard disk because
all information will be gone. (S.M.A.R.T. can be turned back on via either your bios or the disk manufacturers utilities.)
Be
careful when using a tool like this.
ENSURE YOU ARE ACTIONING THE CORRECT HARD DISK. Once you've "killed" the hard disk, use whatever utilities you desire to partition and format it for use.
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