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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pauldotcom mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >> Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >> > >
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