Reformat advr hard drive to work on PC

[CGLOCK19]

I was told by a friend that I need to find some kind of data to burn to a cd and reformat the ten 320 gig western digital drives I got out of some used dvrs. Does anyone have any idea how to go about this? Thanks!!

[tuskenraider]

If you're just looking to wipe them clean and then install in PC's later, the format doesn't need to be done till then. Wipe them with Dban (http://www.dban.org/download).

[Neuromancer]

Yup, only time you need a special software to deal with DVRs is when you are taking standard drives and installing them to a DVR.

[CGLOCK19]

Thanks for the link. So do I just downlaod and run this program or do I need to burn to cd and unhook os drive and use this cd on boot? Thanks Again!!

[CGLOCK19]

Yes, I looking to install them right away..

[CGLOCK19]

Okay after doing some reading my only question is. When I try to boot with this cd do I need to unhook my os drive or will its just give me the option of choosing what drive?:confused:

[tuskenraider]

Okay after doing some reading my only question is. When I try to boot with this cd do I need to unhook my os drive or will its just give me the option of choosing what drive?:confused:Unhook the OS drive if you think you're clumsy enough to wipe out the wrong disk.........

[CGLOCK19]

Thank You....