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* [gentoo-user] Good command for wiping a hard drive?
@ 2005-09-30 20:34 Mark Knecht
  2005-09-30 20:50 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
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From: Mark Knecht @ 2005-09-30 20:34 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

Hi,
   Sold my laptop on Ebay. It was dual boot Gentoo/XP Pro and had
financial data on it. I'd like to pretty securely wipe the drive
before shipping. I've already deleted all 10 partitions and written
new partitions on which are different sizes and different file
systems. What simple command can Ido to write data to the whole drive?

   After doing this I will be deleting all partitions again and
running the XP reinstall disk from Compaq so that the new buyer gets a
machine more or less ready for him to work. (I offered to set him up
with Gentoo but he didn't byte.) ;-)

Cheers,
Mark

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2005-09-30 20:34 [gentoo-user] Good command for wiping a hard drive? Mark Knecht
2005-09-30 20:50 ` [gentoo-user] " Remy Blank
2005-09-30 21:11   ` Mark Knecht
2005-09-30 21:21     ` Martin Eisenhardt
2005-09-30 21:34   ` Richard Fish
2005-10-01  6:18     ` Alexander Skwar
2005-10-01  8:00       ` Jonathan Wright
2005-10-01 11:49         ` Alexander Skwar
2005-10-01  8:02   ` Uwe Thiem
2005-09-30 20:56 ` [gentoo-user] " Michael Crute
2005-09-30 21:10 ` Mark Shields
2005-09-30 21:13   ` Mark Shields
2005-09-30 21:19 ` Billy Holmes
2005-09-30 22:14 ` Oliver Friedrich
2005-09-30 22:17   ` fire-eyes
2005-09-30 22:45     ` Mark Knecht
2005-10-01  6:15 ` Alexander Skwar
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