Re: Securely wipe the laptop.hard drive

[hancooper]

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On Friday, September 24, 2021 4:32 AM, Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 12:12 AM hancooper via help-bash@gnu.org wrote:
>
> > 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.

I have thought about making a large partition and wiping that.