If you want to totally and irrecoverably wipe everything from a hard disk,
deleting all partitions along the way, you might consider Darik's Boot and
Nuke ("DBAN").But read the instructions carefully, as I believe the default is to wipe all disks in the computer! http://dban.sourceforge.net/ On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 7:00 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Send edubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of edubuntu-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. RE: Totally Wipe a Hard Drive (Greg Reagle) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 12:13:31 -0400 > From: "Greg Reagle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: Totally Wipe a Hard Drive > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > In order to answer your question, I need to know what you want to > accomplish. Reducing the entries in a bootloader (e.g. Grub, Lilo) list > is very different from erasing a partition. > > -- > greg reagle | computer technician, system administrator | community it > innovators - CITI | 202-234-1600 ext. 353 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:edubuntu-users- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 3:32 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Totally Wipe a Hard Drive > > > > What is the easiest way to clean a partition completely? It seems as > if > > the hard drive has multiple OS's installed. I would like to clean it > > totally off as I don't use any of the extra ones and also I don't like > how > > you have the list when your computer starts. > > ________________________________ > > > > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > > > <http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp0005000000001 > 1> > > . Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > > End of edubuntu-users Digest, Vol 26, Issue 2 > ********************************************* >
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