On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Man-wai Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > I use dd to wipe hard disk, and the bundled memtest86 to test RAM in > new PC builds. :) >
While dd is okay to blank out a disk, extreme techniques could still recover some data. You might want to check out "scrub" also available in most Linux distros, and some live CD/DVD/USB sticks: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/scrub.1.html _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4tf3dbufrdr1gurkh6egfmhexx1r+22noa-tez53qp...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
