Trying to format my HDDs...

[rpowersau at gmail.com]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 20:45:32 -0700, Myles Green <rmg57 at telus.net> wrote:
> Yes, it exists on pretty much every linux system out there (LiveCD,
> tomsrtbt etc). It's called dd and you use it like this to wipe a drive:
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hd? (? is what ever drive you want to wipe)

Or even:

dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hd? (? is what ever drive you want to wipe)

> 
> Of course, if it's sensitive data you want to erase, then you would want
> to do the above 3 or more times so as to completely overwrite all the
> data untill it can't be recovered. Be warned, there's no indication of
> progress, it just spits you back to a command prompt when it's done, and
> it can take a _long_ time, especially for a >= 40G drive. The main thing
> is, it works and it's free. =)
> 
> HTH,
> 
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Regards,
Russ