they had installed windows on it. On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 4:18 AM Michael wrote: > Well, I just got the computer back from the shop and he said I need to > wipe the disk to install linux on it. Right now it won't load past the > hardware splash screen. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 3:50 AM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> On Mon, 2022-08-29 at 22:45 +0000, T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> > I would probably do a `dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX` if I am >> understanding what >> > you're asking. Or you could do urandom >> >> I've got a question. If you need to wipe them, they're leaving your >> possession. If >> they're leaving your possession, they're no good to you any more. So why >> not just go >> out in the driveway and take a hammer to them? >> >> Actually, I'd do the urandom first just in case they can somehow glue >> them back >> together, but drives I don't need anymore all fall under the hammer. >> >> SteveT >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: