On Wednesday 26 March 2008 08:30, James Knott wrote:
Hans defaber wrote:
What is the best (easiest) way to overwrite old harddisks with random garbage ?
thanks, Hans
Install Windows? ;-)
already have a bootable linux? how about dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdd where hdd is the disk you want to wipe?
Actually, I assume you want to make sure there's no data on them, before tossing. There are utilities available for download. I think there's one called Disk Wipe or similar. Or you can simply copy from /dev/random using dd
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