DataEraser is a comprehensive and easy to use utility that will completely erase all the information stored on an ATA or SCSI hard drive or partition. DataEraser overwrites all data including partitions, folders, directories, files, and file tables, dynamic drive overlays and boot record information. It was promoted for use with the Quantum drives.
DataEraser, as well as other similar utilities, are more complete than reformatting or repartitioning a disk drive with your operating system, which only erases the pointer files for the data and does not perform any type of "low-level format". Such a utility can overwrite all viruses, including boot sector viruses (when you choose to overwrite the entire drive). It will overwrite the entire drive no matter what BIOS capacity limitation the system may have.
CAUTION: This action will cause all DATA to be permanently erased and lost! - Please backup your drive before running such a utility.
A low-level drive formatting utility can wipe the drive and should clear out any recoverable bad sectors. After running it is recommended that a diagnostic utility be run to verify the entire disk drive's operational integrity.
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