On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 18:45:25 -0800, Jonathan Ryshpan wrote:

> I'm using shred on some 2Tb USB disk drive that I plan to give away.
> So far it has taken 8 hours to shred 50% of the drive, which implies
> that it will take about 16 hours to shred the whole drive.  I have
> another 2 drives to go.
> 
> Is there a quicker way to protect my data when I give the drives away,
> other than smashing the drives to bits?

        I notice that no one even mentioned DBAN. Is it just not fast, or 
there some other consideration?
-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User
Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is.

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