Hard drive wiping? [duplicate]

Solution 1:

  • Bootable CD: DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke).
  • Alternatively, a bootable Linux CD with the program 'wipe'. That one would be more complex to use though, as you are more familiar with Windows.

I assume that you don't want any of the data on those drives, EVER again. If that is not the case, these are the wrong tools.

Solution 2:

Do you want to continue to be able to use these drives?

If not, a large hammer is the fastest solution.