https://wiki.scott5.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=How_to_wipe_a_hard_drive 2026-05-13T13:08:23Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.1 https://wiki.scott5.org/index.php?title=How_to_wipe_a_hard_drive&diff=1752&oldid=prev 2020-05-27T15:59:08Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:59, 27 May 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l13">Line 13:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 13:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>http://blog.pythonaro.com/2018/05/how-to-securely-wipe-nvme-drive.html</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>http://blog.pythonaro.com/2018/05/how-to-securely-wipe-nvme-drive.html</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* boot from a Ubuntu desktop live image</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* boot from a Ubuntu desktop live image</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* run &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; and install &lt;code&gt;nvme-cli&lt;/code&gt; (may need to add additional repositories to &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* run &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; and install &lt;code&gt;nvme-cli&lt;/code&gt; (may need to add additional repositories to &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* put the computer to sleep for a few seconds: &lt;code&gt;systemctl suspend&lt;/code&gt;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* put the computer to sleep for a few seconds: &lt;code&gt;systemctl suspend&lt;/code&gt;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* now wipe:  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* now wipe:  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot; == ATA/SATA Drive == use &lt;code&gt;hdparm&lt;/code&gt; command: https://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=16716 == NVME Drive == use &lt;code&gt;nvme&lt;/code&gt; command: http://blog.pyth...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> == ATA/SATA Drive ==<br /> <br /> use &lt;code&gt;hdparm&lt;/code&gt; command:<br /> <br /> https://grok.lsu.edu/Article.aspx?articleid=16716<br /> <br /> <br /> == NVME Drive ==<br /> <br /> use &lt;code&gt;nvme&lt;/code&gt; command:<br /> <br /> http://blog.pythonaro.com/2018/05/how-to-securely-wipe-nvme-drive.html<br /> * boot from a Ubuntu desktop live image<br /> * run &lt;code&gt;apt update&lt;/code&gt; and install &lt;code&gt;nvme-cli&lt;/code&gt; (may need to add additional repositories to &lt;code&gt;/etc/apt/sources.list&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * put the computer to sleep for a few seconds: &lt;code&gt;systemctl suspend&lt;/code&gt;<br /> * now wipe: <br /> &lt;pre&gt;<br /> nvme format -s1 /dev/nvme0n1 (change to match your drive)<br /> &lt;/pre&gt;</div>

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