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DBAN on SSD using Quick Erase
I understand DBAN is not recommended for wiping SSD drives since DBAN was designed for HDD and SSDs should be wiped by either rotating the encryption key (if it is encrypted) or filling with zeros.
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Is the dban quick method for HDD equal to a full wipe?
I wiped my HDD with DBAN and the quick method. Craig Steven Wrigt says it‘s secure to erase an HDD one time. I think so too, but is the DBAN quick wipe a full one time wipe?
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If This Is TRIM, DBAN Should Work
I am informed that drive wiping tools do not work reliably on SSDs due to such features as wear leveling. Here, for example, a quote from MakeUseOf:
[T]o comply with wear levelling, the SSD must ...
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Can DBAN be run on Sun Ultra systems?
I'm working with a Sun Microsystems Ultra 10 and want to wipe the contents of it's hard drive. I have a Rescue CD with DBAN on it but the computer won't boot to it. Why not? Can I make it? I'm ...
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Second SATA harddrive not showing
I've been tasked with wiping the data of a ton of hard drives. To wipe I use DBAN from a System Rescue CD. The tower I'm using has multiple SATA connectors. I can wipe one hard drive no problem but if ...
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If I run DBAN once again after eight passes, is it as secure as running it once?
I ran DBAN with eight passes, and then I ran it with one pass again.
Does that mean my hard drive is as secured as with one pass, or with eight?
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Has DBAN completed wiping when it's showing an advertisement?
I ran DBAN (Darik's Boot And Nuke) on my notebook. When it finished, it showed a message saying "press any key to continue". When I pressed a key, I got an advertisement page, and then it stopped.
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dban from within linux? or a close enough alternative?
I have a computer with multiple SATA hard disks connected through SATA. The first one has my OS/grub etc and the rest I want to clean and sell.
All the questions I see on the web typically involve ...
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Difference between DBAN and dd command to securely wipe a HDD
I have read about dd and see that it can be used to securely wipe a HDD. But there is also a program called DBAN to wipe the HDD as well.
I know that using a live gnu-linux ISO I can wipe my HDD by ...
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Darik's Boot And Nuke - ERROR /dev/sda
I'm trying to wipe the drive of an old company computer with DBAN so I can install Redhat Enterprise and learn Linux (it's a Dell Inspiron 1210, if that matters).
I burnt DBAN to a CD and boot from ...
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Disk wiping other than DBAN
Sometimes using DBAN takes several days to wipe a disk. What alternatives do you have experience with that work within a few hours and offer the simplicity of DBAN? I am mainly interested in free ...
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