Proper HDD clear process?
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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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Or
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/your-disk status=progress
Here's why not
Huh, interesting indeed.
Well, at least add
blocksize
.