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**mloversia** · 11-23-2010, 12:35 AM

All depends on the program you are using. And yes, the hard drives must be hooked up to erase the contents.
Most programs will only erase the file headers leaving the information on the drive in tact. With a little know how, you can recover that information even though the disk will appear empty.
You should look into any program that overwrites the disk. If you really need it to be 100% clean, then you can use a program that will overwrite the disk multiple times removing all data without leaving any traces.

There should be freeware programs out there.

11-23-2010, 12:35 AM	#3
mloversia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 531 Senior Member	All depends on the program you are using. And yes, the hard drives must be hooked up to erase the contents. Most programs will only erase the file headers leaving the information on the drive in tact. With a little know how, you can recover that information even though the disk will appear empty. You should look into any program that overwrites the disk. If you really need it to be 100% clean, then you can use a program that will overwrite the disk multiple times removing all data without leaving any traces. There should be freeware programs out there.
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