Using dd with Windows is a very frustrating experience when compared to Linux where it's fairly intuitive.
-Joel "The path to hell is paved with good intentions." On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]>wrote: > 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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