minus-squareyesman@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•What are common tools on Linux to wipe an HDD pre RMA?linkfedilinkarrow-up0·17 days agodd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M This command is much faster. Instead of random bits, it just marks everything zero (dude). Is good enough. linkfedilink
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M
This command is much faster. Instead of random bits, it just marks everything zero (dude). Is good enough.