Questions tagged [secure-delete]
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Deep Format of a Harddrive on a Linux System
I've got an original Asus Eee PC Netbook that I'd like to sell. When I've sold old computers in the past, I've typically done a deep/secure/zeroing out style format. How can I do this on a Linux ...
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Does drilling a hole into a hard drive suffice to make its data unrecoverable?
We have a lot of PCs in the company and nobody wants to wipe a multitude of hard drives. We also have many apprentice toolmakers who really want to destroy things. Thus, every couple of months, our ...
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Potential pitfalls associated with securely deleting SSD disks
I need to decommission two SSD disks from one of my Linux hosted servers.
In order to safely delete data stored in the disks I was planning to use: hdparm --security-erase.
I read this document and ...
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WipeDrive Utility?
What is the best and fastest wipe drive (zero fill) utility that can be burned to a CD?
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Securely wipe an entire Linux server with itself
I have remote ssh access and root access. I do not have physical access. I'm not looking for solutions involving booting into anything, I want to do this from what is currently running.
OS is SL6. ...
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Why does everybody recommend Dban over more fundamental methods?
When people ask on how to wipe a drive, it almost seems as if the default answer is DBAN and I am not really sure why. Especially when doing commands like
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda
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