Hi Hal,
You wrote:
> You can fetch dBan; burn a CD; boot and run it to completely wipe the
> HD..
> /or/ You can boot a Linux live CD/DVD and use the 'dd' command to
> completely fill the HD with zero's:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sd_ bs=1M
>
> I've read that a complete wipe from M$ to Linux is needed because of
> hidden files a normal delete or re-partition wont touch.. ?? ..
Hmm. I have recently done what appears to be a
normal installation of Mint (with Mate) to replace
Windows XP so this matter may not apply to my
situation.
So far, I have no known problems.
My usage is on the simple side, but what should
I be looking for? Any ideas what the hidden files
would be?
--
Regards,
Gene Falck
gfalck@merr.com
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