How Do I Completely Format a Hard Drive in Linux?
Contents How Do I Wipe My Hard Drive Clean Linux? Wiping the Entire Disk Use the Sudo Command as Well (Sudo Dd…) Filling the Disk with All Zeros (This May Take...
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How do I wipe my hard drive clean Linux?
Wiping the entire disk
Use the sudo command as well (sudo dd…) Filling the disk with all zeros (This may take a while, as it is making every bit of data 0) : dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=1M #replace X with the target drive letter.
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How do I format my entire hard drive?
PC Instructions
- Select the drive you wish to format from the list.
- Right click on the drive and select Format.
- Enter a name for the drive in Volume label and select the format type in the File system dropdown box.
- Click OK. It will take a short while to delete all the files and change the format of the disk.
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