zeroize hard drive linux

Any file recovery software mentioned above then would need to be specialized on proprietary storage-hardware features. There are other tools available that may make it easier to manage disk wipes for Linux systems. Now, if you do want to do a secure erase, writing random bytes to every block on the drive, you can run something like:. Also read somewhere Bleachbit is not recommended, plus it can't do an entire disk drive Other tools Wipe Secure Delete, includes srm, sfill But the examples use an individual file, not sure what to do for an entire hard disk drive Found this on nwipe, post says it can do an entire drive, looks promising, any thoughts? Increasing the the block size from default bytes to bytes 4 kiB makes a big difference in speed.

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