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Some good info here, did not now you can use ATA Secure erase from "linux" i thought you had to use the manufacturer proprietary software for that. I am not su
by quijoteuniv 5y ago
Some good info here, did not now you can use ATA Secure erase from "linux" i thought you had to use the manufacturer proprietary software for that.
I am not sure what you mean with "I'd probably do cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sdX then partition,"
Care to elaborate?
- RGamma 5y agoOn Linux that command overwrites every single (accessible) byte of the SATA device at /dev/sdX (where X is the letter of the drive, e.g X=c) with pseudorandom data. If you have special compliance needs I'm not sure whether that constitutes "safe deletion" though.