---- Title: Erase Hard Disk and Partitione using dd and Linux ---- ... ---- Section: Run Linux frm a Flash Drive ---- ... ---- Video Caption: How to Run Ubuntu From A USB THUMB DRIVE ---- ... ---- Section: Erase the Drive ---- ... The most common method for securely erasing a hard drive _aka zeroing_ on Linux is done using the DD command. This method isn’t quick, but given the fact that every Linux and Unix system comes with the DD tool pre-installed, it makes this way of erasing a hard drive very accessible. There’s one catch though, and that is the fact that DD will not zero a drive currently in use. Meaning you can’t just do a DD overtop of your running Linux operating system. Instead, you’ll need to either unplug the hard drive and put it in another PC or load up a Linux live disk. Assuming you’ve done one of these two things, here’s how to securely erase a hard drive using DD on Linux. ---- Section: Gnome Disks Utility ---- ... ---- Image Caption: Paquet : gnome-disk-utility _3.36.3-0ubuntu1_ ---- ...
---- Title: Erase Hard Disk and Partitione using dd and Linux ---- ... ---- Section: Run Linux frm a Flash Drive ---- ... ---- Video Caption: How to Run Ubuntu From A USB THUMB DRIVE ---- ... ---- Section: Erase the Drive ---- ... The most common method for securely erasing a hard drive _aka zeroing_ on Linux is done using the DD command. This method isn’t quick, but given the fact that every Linux and Unix system comes with the DD tool pre-installed, it makes this way of erasing a hard drive very accessible. There’s one catch though, and that is the fact that DD will not zero a drive currently in use. Meaning you can’t just do a DD overtop of your running Linux operating system. Instead, you’ll need to either unplug the hard drive and put it in another PC or load up a Linux live disk. Assuming you’ve done one of these two things, here’s how to securely erase a hard drive using DD on Linux. ---- Section: Gnome Disks Utility ---- ... ---- Image Caption: Paquet : gnome-disk-utility _3.36.3-0ubuntu1_ ---- ...