Question #506
Submitted by Answiki
on 05/27/2021 at 08:00:50 AM UTC
On Linux, how to securely erase a hard drive?
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Submitted by Answiki
on 05/27/2021 at 08:01:19 AM UTC
On Linux the best way to definitively erase data on a hard drive is to use the command-line utility shred
. It will overwrite all the blocks on the device with random data three times:
sudo shred /dev/sdxx
Here are some useful options:
-
-v
verbose; -
-n N
overwrite N times instead of the default (3); -
-z
set all bits to zero after the last iteration.
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Answer by Answiki on 05/27/2021 at 08:01:19 AM
On Linux the best way to definitively erase data on a hard drive is to use the command-line utility shred
. It will overwrite all the blocks on the device with random data three times:
sudo shred /dev/sdxx
Here are some useful options:
-
-v
verbose; -
-n N
overwrite N times instead of the default (3); -
-z
set all bits to zero after the last iteration.
Question by Answiki 05/27/2021 at 08:00:59 AM
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On Linux, how to securely erase a hard drive?
Answer by Answiki on 05/27/2021 at 08:00:34 AM
On Linux the best way to definitively erase data on a hard drive is to use the command-line utility shred
. It will overwrite all the blocks on the device with random data three times:
sudo shred /dev/sdxx
Here are some useful options:
-
-v
verbose; -
-n N
overwrite N times instead of the default (3); -
-z
set all bits to zero after the last iteration.
Question by Answiki 05/27/2021 at 07:55:25 AM
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