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Proper HDD clear process? (poptalk.scrubbles.tech)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

Usually my process is very... hammer and drill related - but I have a family member who is interested in taking my latest batch of hard drives after I upgraded.

What are the best (linux) tools for the process? I'd like to run some tests to make sure they're good first and also do a full zero out of any data. (Used to be a raid if that matters)

Edit: Thanks all, process is officially started, will probably run for quite a while. Appreciate the advice!

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[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You could also use DBAN to perform the erasure from outside the operating system.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

DBAN was acquired. I believe ShredOS (https://github.com/PartialVolume/shredos.x86_64) is its spiritual successor.

[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, thanks for pointing that out. It's been a while since I needed to erase a disk so I didn't realize DBAN isn't really a thing anymore.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, I was pretty sad to see it when I needed to wipe a disk recently for the first time in like 15 years.