Re: [LUG] Disk Wiping

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Subject: Re: [LUG] Disk Wiping

From: John PNZ <jh.pcgb@xxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2021 15:24:54 +0000

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Some drives have an internal wipe available which has fiddly controls and I never liked.

DBAN, Darik’s Boot and Nuke, on a boot stick, is easy and I've trusted it for decades.

On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 15:13, David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a few HDDs to wipe prior to replacing them with SSDs. Can anyone
please recommend a good freebie wiping programme that they have used.

TIA

David

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Follow-up: Re: [LUG] Disk Wiping

From: John PNZ

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[LUG] Disk Wiping
- From: David Bell