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‎12-24-2015 10:35 AM - edited ‎12-26-2015 03:18 AM

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Product: HP Probook 4530s
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I have HP probook 4530s ci5

 

having hard disk drive (HDD) of 750 GB.

Hard disk is of Hitachi (HTS727575A9E364) 

 

I need to pass my notebook to someone for some days, so I needed to make sure my data is permanently gone.

 

I can use the disk sanitizer or secure erase option present in the BIOS. But I am not sure how much time it will take?

 

Can anybody please tell me what time disk-sanitizer option and secure erase will take for one pass?

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‎01-26-2016 07:00 AM - edited ‎01-26-2016 08:03 AM

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Hello all,

 

I just went ahead and did it. So for other people like me looking for the answer to that question I am going to share my experience.

 

When I clicked on the disk sanitizer option, it gave me several choices like, 1 pass, optimum, gutmen, and custom. I choose optimum, it gave warning only that data will be permanently erased, it gave no time estimation, I had to do it, so I did it. After 22-23 Hours of wait, it did it. And the optimum was 6 cycles option. It showed the result below.

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‎12-24-2015 05:22 PM

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Several hours is best guestimate.

‎12-25-2015 12:49 AM

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Can u b more specific plz?

‎12-25-2015 05:48 AM

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Can anyone answer please? :Crying:

‎01-26-2016 07:00 AM - edited ‎01-26-2016 08:03 AM

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Hello all,

 

I just went ahead and did it. So for other people like me looking for the answer to that question I am going to share my experience.

 

When I clicked on the disk sanitizer option, it gave me several choices like, 1 pass, optimum, gutmen, and custom. I choose optimum, it gave warning only that data will be permanently erased, it gave no time estimation, I had to do it, so I did it. After 22-23 Hours of wait, it did it. And the optimum was 6 cycles option. It showed the result below.

image.jpeg

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