On Fri, May 31, 2002 at 11:28:39AM -0600, Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
> When i do this from a console shell after booting from a woody install
> dis
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 11:36:48AM +0200, Groen, N. (fd&s) wrote:
>
> > I wouldn't use /dev/random for that. It blocks when it runs out of
> > entropy which is very soon in that case. It could take some days to get
> > enough data from there. If you insist on pseudo-random data, try
> > /dev/ur
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Subject: RE: Clear HDD of old OS, etc?
>
> On Friday 31 May 2002 19:28, Dave Price wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of
From: "Nicos Gollan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dave Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: Clear HDD of old OS, etc?
> On Friday 31 May 2002 19:28, Dave Price wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
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On Friday 31 May 2002 19:28, Dave Price wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> > etc.
> >
> > I found this on /. thru a google search:
> >
> > dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
>
> I wouldn't use /dev/random for that. It blocks when it runs out
On Friday 31 May 2002 19:28, Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
>
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
>
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
I wouldn't use /dev/random for that. It blocks when it runs out of
entropy which is
On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 19:28, Dave Price wrote:
Use chkdsk, fdisk or pqmagic. they can all format and build new
filesystems. Very easy to use to.
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
>
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
>
> dd if=/dev/ran
>> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
>> etc.
>>
> I don't see any mention of removing data for strong security concerns,
> so I will assume that you just want to recycle the drive for another
> purpose. I would recommend running fdisk, removing the partitions an
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On Friday 31 May 2002 10:28 am, Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
>
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
>
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
>
> When i do this from a console sh
On Fri, May 31, 2002, Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
>
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
>
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
>
> When i do this from a console shell after booting from a woody install
> disk, It do
On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 12:28, Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
>
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
>
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
>
> When i do this from a console shell after booting from a woody install
> disk
On 31-May-2002 Dave Price wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
> etc.
>
> I found this on /. thru a google search:
>
> dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
>
> When i do this from a console shell after booting from a woody install
> disk, It does not
Hi,
I am looking for a quick way to clear an HDD of old data, partitions,
etc.
I found this on /. thru a google search:
dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/hdX
When i do this from a console shell after booting from a woody install
disk, It does not seem to work ... i.e. I can still see the old
partition
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