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Re: Securely wipe the laptop.hard drive
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Jeffrey Walton |
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Re: Securely wipe the laptop.hard drive |
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Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:32:34 -0400 |
On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 12:12 AM hancooper via <help-bash@gnu.org> wrote:
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> I have a laptop and want to securely wipe the hard drive. Can I wipe the
> drive (e.g. using dd, shred), without having to remove the hard drive,
> connect it to another computer and wipe it?
Probably not.
Usually you do something like.... download Ultimate Boot CD, burn it
to a CD. boot to the program, and select a secure wipe option. I like
Ultimate Boot CD because its secure wipe program can handle raid
drives.