{"id":11243,"date":"2021-12-08T01:04:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lgildv5i97.onrocket.site\/answers\/?post_type=question&#038;p=11243"},"modified":"2021-12-08T01:04:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:04:27","slug":"solved-external-hdd-not-recognized-after-wiped-with-dban-utility","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/hardware\/external-hdd-not-recognized-after-wiped-with-dban-utility\/85943.html","title":{"rendered":"Solved External HDD Not Recognized After Wiped With DBAN Utility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have an external USB HDD (s\/n: WD1200U017-002). I wanted to lend it to a friend, but before I lent it out; I wanted to make sure that ALL information was wiped from the drive.<\/p>\n<p>I used Darik&#8217;s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) hard drive wipe utility (boot disk), using the quick DOD wipe (5 pass write). It completed successfully after a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>I then moved the drive to a windows PC. It wasn&#8217;t recognized at all. I checked the Disk Manager utility in Windows, and it too didn&#8217;t recognize the drive. It doesn&#8217;t show up in Hardware Manager either. So I&#8217;m not sure if I deleted a hidden partition on the drive or something like that.<\/p>\n<p>I tried plugging it into a Linux PC, but it didn&#8217;t recognize the drive either.<\/p>\n<p>So what would I need to be able to see this drive again? Once I can see it again, I&#8217;ll be able to partition\/format it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking of trying a Win98 boot disk with Fdisk? Any other suggestions?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: gray; font-size: small;\">Are you classified as human?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: gray; font-size: small;\">Negative. I am a meat popsicle<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":24},"question-category":[47],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-11243","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-hardware"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question\/11243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question-category?post=11243"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computing.net\/answers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/question_tags?post=11243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}