Thanks, I've tried a few different iterations of of=, but I'll try that as
well.

Adrian

On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Joel Folkerts <[email protected]>wrote:

> Adrian-
>
>  Merely a guess as I'm on the road without access to a test disk but I
> think you're asking dd to write *within* the volume so you're still going
> to see NTFS remnants. Are you trying to wipe the entire physical drive? If
> so, you will probably need to access the drive at the physical device level:
>
>    - C:\Users\adrian\Desktop\aft>dd if=/dev/zero
>    of=\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0 bs=1M --progress   *[check your dd
>    --list for accurate device number]*
>
> -Joel
>
> "The path to hell is paved with good intentions."
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Ive noticed something. If I use the Windows DD from
>> http://www.chrysocome.net/dd and use this command:
>>
>> C:\Users\adrian\Desktop\aft>dd if=/dev/zero
>> of=\\.\Volume{de891b6a-8432-11de-86d4-005056c00008} bs=1M --progress
>>
>> it seems to leave some data on the beginning (sometime) and end (always)
>> if the drive had  been formatted NTFS before.
>>
>> I'm using WinHEX to verify by the way. Any ideas?
>>
>> Adrian
>>
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