zero my hard drive

I want to zero out my hard drive to like new out of the box. the issue is i have no internet on it because it won't read my motherboard to get my lan running. i am looking for a program that zeros not formats my harddrive. i need a program that i can copy to cd from my dads computer and install onto my computer and run. i see that there is alot of program choices and just wondering which one is the right one, any help is greatly appreciated. thanks!!

 

do you know what kind of h/d you have? if so, you can try your manufacturers software (ie - western digital, maxtor, just check their site). you can try UBCD (link below), basically it creates an .iso file, and you use your software (like nero), to burn it to a disk, then pop in your comp. it has some manufacturers software (ie, maxtor, seagate, etc). i added a dban link for usb/floppy. g/l, sos

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Ultimate_Boot_CD_d4981.html <-- Ultimate Boot CD 4.1.1

or even easier, d/l darik's boot and nuke, it'll create an iso file, and burn it to cd, pop it in, etc.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Dariks_Boot_and_Nuke_d4596.html <-- Darik's Boot and Nuke 2007-04-29 Beta


edit - http://www.majorgeeks.com/Nero_8_Ultra_Edition_d2228.html <-- Nero 8 Ultra Edition 8.2.8.0 (i think it's a 30 day trial) - (in case you need something to burn an iso file)

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dban/dban-1.0.7_i386.exe?download <-- Download DBAN for installation on floppy disks and USB flash drives.

 

Hi TD24,

Zeroing an HD is formatting the hard drive. It essentially means that you are taking all of the bits and bytes on the HD that are there now and erasing them all to 0's (zeros), which means wiping the drive clean.

 

Thanks Guys, its a seagate barracuda 7200 500 GB. so i just burn the iso to cd and put it in my computer. do i run the program from the cd in windows or is it a boot file.

 

if you change your boot order in your bios (cd drive 1st), it should boot from the cd. - sos

 

thanks

 

It didn't boot from my cd and that is the first boot option. is there an exe file that i can use or why won't the iso boot. is the iso the only program i want on the cd or can it be on with the download cd i used to transfer instal from pc to pc.

 

i'm not sure if the image has to be on the cd itself. how did you burn the image onto the cd? if you use nero, you want to use "burn image to disc" (screenshot below). yes, there is an exe file (this link was in my 1st post). anyway, g/l - sos

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/dban/dban-1.0.7_i386.exe?download <-- <-- Download DBAN for installation on floppy disks and USB flash drives.

 

i finally got it thanks guys i am now replying from my super computer.