There have been times when I have seen a manufacturer's software fail when it comes to erasing data from a drive. If you are planning on recycling the drive, a DoD wipe is recommended. The UBCD ( Ultimate Boot CD) has several programs that can perform a DoD disk wipe ( I like using Darik's Boot and Nuke). There is also third-party software that can perform DoD ( Department of Defense) disk erasing. In fact, Seagate's Seatools for Windows will work on any manufacturer's drive. Western Digital, Seagate, and Samsung are a few that have that type of software. Several drive manufacturers have software that can erase the data from one of their drives. It is recommended that you wipe the drive of any boot record and boot partition before installing it inside your computer. Remember that if the drive was originally a boot drive and you install it inside of your computer, your system may try and boot on that drive. Or by connecting it externally using a drive case, docking station, or a USB adapter. The first thing you have to do is attached the drive to your computer, either by turning the computer off and installing the drive inside of your computer. If it was the boot drive in your computer, we have to erase all of the data and delete the boot record so that any computer that it is connected to does not accidentally boot up onto it. If the drive was used only for storage, then erasing all of the data will work. If you plan on recycling it, then you will need to securely erase all of the data so no one can successfully recover anything from it.
If you plan on reusing the drive, simply erasing all of the data on the drive should work. Now, was the old drive bootable ( contained the operating system)? If so, then there will be a boot record that needs to be deleted before you can reuse it. So even if someone were able to recover any data, it would still be encrypted. I like to encrypt the drive with BitLocker first, then perform a seven-pass DoD ( Department of Defense) disk wipe. To recycle it, you will need to erase all of the data on the drive.
If you want to connect it externally, you will need a drive enclosure ( 2.5" or 3.5"). To reuse it inside of your computer, you will need a spare drive carriage, mounting screws, a 7-pin SATA data cable, and a spare 15-pin SATA power connection. Either way, you will need some additional hardware to utilize the old drive. When it comes to the old drive, there are two options reuse it or recycle it. But I have never written an article on what to do with the drive that you replaced. I have written several articles on how to clone the drive in your Windows-based computer.
So here is what you can do with your old drive. There are a couple of things you can do with it. So you upgraded the drive in your computer and now have an extra drive that you do not know what to do with.
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