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Can I format my HD from running Linux system?
I have a Debian Linux PC which I would like to have the HD completely wiped.
Is it possible to do this while running Linux, without having to insert a removable media and boot it?
The HD to be format ...
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linux shred does not remove traces of filename even after truncate/removal?
I'm testing the coreutils /usr/bin/shred command.
It leaves traces of a file's name even though I told shred to "truncate" (remove) the file. I was assuming that shred would remove all the metadata ...
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Can you effectively wipe a hard drive from the current Linux OS?
I have a laptop that is barely alive. The screen is busted. The power cord is frayed. The power indicator flashes red sometimes. Etc. So I want to wipe the hard drive as effectively as I can before I ...
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Hard wiping Linux laptop to fix Wifi
Some time ago I booted my laptop up and for some reason my WiFi stopped working... F9 nor the WiFi switch and button seem to respond anymore no matter how or which order I press them. Messed with ...
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How to erase any kind of files after formating and installing Fedora 27 Workstation
How can I safely erase files that could potentially be recovered after a hard drive format and installation on a Fedora 27 workstation? I was using Windows 10, and everything that I had in Windows 10 ...
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Can I reliably use `dd` to wipe the root filesystem on a running Linux server?
I have a (physically) remote server I'd like to securely destroy. Unfortunately, the disk is partitioned with a single, large root partition and nothing else. Can I reliably use dd to wipe the device ...
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Securely wiping a drive with DD, /dev/zero or /dev/urandom?
I have to securely wipe all data from a hard drive as I'm going to give it away. I plan on using the dd under linux utility to do so, after a little bit of research, I found two ways of doing so:
dd ...
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Can I reinstall Windows on a Laptop after a Wipe?
I want to run single-boot Linux on my ThinkPad x220, but I want to retain the option of going back to Windows later. There is a sticker with the product key (Windows 7 Pro) on the bottom of the laptop....
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Complete wiping of hard drive - shred, wipe or dd?
I need to wipe all data of a number of hard drives, from Ubuntu Linux. I have found three command line tools: shred, wipe and dd. It seems kind of random what people recommend. Sometimes someone ...
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HDPARM Security Erase issue
I have bought a used Agility 3 SSD. And I wanted to wipe out data from my Linux box using hdparm. But it was not OK.
Here are the steps I followed:
# hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 1 /...
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Securely wiping a file on a tmpfs
I have a script that decrypts some data to a tmpfs, the directory is secure (permissions), the machine's swap is encrypted (random key on boot) and when the script is done it does a 35 pass wipe (...
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How do I wipe a hard drive using Backtrack 5 RC3?
I need to wipe an entire hard drive and the only tools I have are Backtrack 5 RC3 and the internet. Apparently earlier versions of Backtrack had a tool to wipe the hard drive, called wipe.
I need to ...
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zero fill vs random fill
Many tutorials suggest that i should fill a disk with /dev/urandom instead of /dev/zero if i want it to be unrecoverable. But I don't quite get it, how can a disk still be recoverable after being zero-...
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Linux format hard disk, the data should not be recoverable
I am new to Linux. Can any one give me a suggestion on how to format hard disk. That is I need to clean the data, data should not be recoverable again. It should be permanently deleted.
Sukesh
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Checking if any data exists on a presumably empty storage device
So, say you've completed a full pass of:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
Then, you'd like to make sure the destination has been really zeroed out (ignoring the confirmation messages from dd and ...
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