Shred

[Michael]

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 at 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
>
>
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