On 9 April 2015 at 12:59, Vikas Tara <v...@hamaralinux.org> wrote: >> scrub -p dod -f /dev/sdb1 >> and >> shred -n 100 -vz /dev/sdb1 >> >> But this commands will take more time to complete the task. > Shred will help you - but they will see that you have done this.
I don't think they are that desperate lol they want illegal copies to have a free upgrade to windows 10 . well keeping the propreitary windows story aside this topic should have been marked Off topic. The best way to clean is to just fill the disk with zeros . There is a linux device file called /dev/zero . So you need to tell dd to fill the disk partition with zero's So step 1 must be to first format the disk which only would change probably offset bits . Step 2 must be to fill it with zeros. The filling up of disk with zeros would take onsiderable time as every small part of the disk is written with zeros bit by bit. #dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<destination partition> Note: Be careful with DD , make sure the destination partition is correct. Anyways if you are really the fanatic types :P Here is a solution I found which was recommended by german security agency Fill the Disk with 1. with zeros (once) /dev/zero 2. with some random pattern (once) /dev/random 3. with complementary bit patterns (three times), acc. to a former German government regulation Regards, Pavithran _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-guidelines
