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Revision: 10279
at December 15, 2008 17:01 by narkisr
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=4096 # this will write zeros all over the sdb device.
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A simple method of clearing the data of a hard drive (writing zeros all over it).

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Cleaning up a hard drive (under Linux)

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Bash, linux

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Bash