![]() Once you are in the boot menu, select your USB flash drive to boot from it. ![]() You can find out which button it is, again, by googling: “M圜omputerModel enter boot menu”. When the computer restarts, smash that like button (Damn you, Peter McKinnon!), I mean, smash that boot Menu button. Next, navigate to Restart and select Save Changes and Exit or something along those lines. Once you are there, navigate to Startup and either select only Legacy or Legacy & UEFI like in the screenshot below. The best way to find out how you can access your model’s bios is by simply googling: “M圜omputerModel enter BIOS”. I need to press the Enter button right after switching the computer on. This process will be slightly different on each manufacturer, I, for example, use a Thinkpad for this demonstration. You need to enter your computer’s BIOS setup for this. To be able to boot to DBAN, you need to make sure your BIOS is set on Legacy Boot Mode (or Legacy and UEFI with Legacy first). Once you are done with this, remove the USB drive from your PC and plug it in the laptop/computer where you want the hard drive to be wiped. The process should be done rather quickly. Next, click on SELECT and choose the dban.iso file from your downloads folder. Be aware that ALL DATA on the USB drive will be deleted! Once you have Rufus started, make sure to select the correct USB drive. After that, go ahead and download and start Rufus. To be able to run DBAN, we need to create a bootable USB drive. I’ll show you through the process, step by step.ĭownloading Rufus and creating a bootable USB drive ![]() Gladly, it is very straight-forward and easy to Securely Wipe a Hard Drive. Some of them might be, you want to sell your old computer and don’t want your data to be recoverable, or you work for a company that requires certain standards before handing out a new device to a new employee, over of course, you don’t want your favorite Britney Spears songs being discovered by a third party. ![]() There are endless reasons on why you would want to securely wipe a Hard Drive.
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