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Securely erase single (Windows) partition
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I am currently dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.10. I know I can "erase" the Windows partition with gparted, but does that really erase the data?
I would like to run something like DBAN on the windows partition before I delete it and expand the Ubuntu one. This is an older computer (and not my primary) that I have been using to experiment with Ubuntu. I do not have much data yet, so completely wiping the drive and starting over is a possibility if wiping just the windows partition is not an option.
But, I wanted to ask... Is there any tool that will wipe the windows partition but leave the Ubuntu one intact?
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I am currently dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.10. I know I can "erase" the Windows partition with gparted, but does that really erase the data?
I would like to run something like DBAN on the windows partition before I delete it and expand the Ubuntu one. This is an older computer (and not my primary) that I have been using to experiment with Ubuntu. I do not have much data yet, so completely wiping the drive and starting over is a possibility if wiping just the windows partition is not an option.
But, I wanted to ask... Is there any tool that will wipe the windows partition but leave the Ubuntu one intact?
dual-boot partitioning
edited 12 mins ago
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asked 2 hours ago
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You could do this, but it seems like extra effort unless you believe that someone is going to take physical posession of your computer, and find something you don't want them to.
– Charles Green
2 hours ago
It is my old work computer and has clients' data on it. I suppose I could wipe individual folders with something like ccleaner or bcwipe.
– Driver8
1 hour ago
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I am currently dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.10. I know I can "erase" the Windows partition with gparted, but does that really erase the data?
I would like to run something like DBAN on the windows partition before I delete it and expand the Ubuntu one. This is an older computer (and not my primary) that I have been using to experiment with Ubuntu. I do not have much data yet, so completely wiping the drive and starting over is a possibility if wiping just the windows partition is not an option.
But, I wanted to ask... Is there any tool that will wipe the windows partition but leave the Ubuntu one intact?
dual-boot partitioning
edited 12 mins ago
Zzzach...
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asked 2 hours ago
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I am currently dual booted Windows 10 and Ubuntu 18.10. I know I can "erase" the Windows partition with gparted, but does that really erase the data?
I would like to run something like DBAN on the windows partition before I delete it and expand the Ubuntu one. This is an older computer (and not my primary) that I have been using to experiment with Ubuntu. I do not have much data yet, so completely wiping the drive and starting over is a possibility if wiping just the windows partition is not an option.
But, I wanted to ask... Is there any tool that will wipe the windows partition but leave the Ubuntu one intact?
dual-boot partitioning
dual-boot partitioning
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You could do this, but it seems like extra effort unless you believe that someone is going to take physical posession of your computer, and find something you don't want them to.
– Charles Green
2 hours ago
It is my old work computer and has clients' data on it. I suppose I could wipe individual folders with something like ccleaner or bcwipe.
– Driver8
1 hour ago
add a comment |
You could do this, but it seems like extra effort unless you believe that someone is going to take physical posession of your computer, and find something you don't want them to.
– Charles Green
2 hours ago
It is my old work computer and has clients' data on it. I suppose I could wipe individual folders with something like ccleaner or bcwipe.
– Driver8
1 hour ago
You could do this, but it seems like extra effort unless you believe that someone is going to take physical posession of your computer, and find something you don't want them to.
– Charles Green
2 hours ago
You could do this, but it seems like extra effort unless you believe that someone is going to take physical posession of your computer, and find something you don't want them to.
– Charles Green
2 hours ago
It is my old work computer and has clients' data on it. I suppose I could wipe individual folders with something like ccleaner or bcwipe.
– Driver8
1 hour ago
It is my old work computer and has clients' data on it. I suppose I could wipe individual folders with something like ccleaner or bcwipe.
– Driver8
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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One method I could device to do this, would be to first use gparted to remove the Windows partitions, and then create a new (ext2) partition in the remaining space.
After creating the new partition, you could use dd to write data to the disk, nulls, or zeros or random data.
Assuming your disk is /dev/sda and the new partition is /dev/sda9, you might try a command like
sudo dd --progress ifile=/dev/zero ofile=/dev/sda9 bs=4g
But be very, very careful with dd.
Following this, you could then use gparted to again create the partition, and format it as a file system that you would like to use for your Linux system.
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Why ext2 partition?
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One method I could device to do this, would be to first use gparted to remove the Windows partitions, and then create a new (ext2) partition in the remaining space.
After creating the new partition, you could use dd to write data to the disk, nulls, or zeros or random data.
Assuming your disk is /dev/sda and the new partition is /dev/sda9, you might try a command like
sudo dd --progress ifile=/dev/zero ofile=/dev/sda9 bs=4g
But be very, very careful with dd.
Following this, you could then use gparted to again create the partition, and format it as a file system that you would like to use for your Linux system.
answered 2 hours ago
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Why ext2 partition?
– heynnema
1 hour ago
add a comment |
One method I could device to do this, would be to first use gparted to remove the Windows partitions, and then create a new (ext2) partition in the remaining space.
After creating the new partition, you could use dd to write data to the disk, nulls, or zeros or random data.
Assuming your disk is /dev/sda and the new partition is /dev/sda9, you might try a command like
sudo dd --progress ifile=/dev/zero ofile=/dev/sda9 bs=4g
But be very, very careful with dd.
Following this, you could then use gparted to again create the partition, and format it as a file system that you would like to use for your Linux system.
answered 2 hours ago
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.5k73960
Why ext2 partition?
– heynnema
1 hour ago
add a comment |
One method I could device to do this, would be to first use gparted to remove the Windows partitions, and then create a new (ext2) partition in the remaining space.
After creating the new partition, you could use dd to write data to the disk, nulls, or zeros or random data.
Assuming your disk is /dev/sda and the new partition is /dev/sda9, you might try a command like
sudo dd --progress ifile=/dev/zero ofile=/dev/sda9 bs=4g
But be very, very careful with dd.
Following this, you could then use gparted to again create the partition, and format it as a file system that you would like to use for your Linux system.
answered 2 hours ago
Charles GreenCharles Green
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One method I could device to do this, would be to first use gparted to remove the Windows partitions, and then create a new (ext2) partition in the remaining space.
After creating the new partition, you could use dd to write data to the disk, nulls, or zeros or random data.
Assuming your disk is /dev/sda and the new partition is /dev/sda9, you might try a command like
sudo dd --progress ifile=/dev/zero ofile=/dev/sda9 bs=4g
But be very, very careful with dd.
Following this, you could then use gparted to again create the partition, and format it as a file system that you would like to use for your Linux system.
answered 2 hours ago
Charles GreenCharles Green
14.5k73960
answered 2 hours ago
Charles GreenCharles Green
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answered 2 hours ago
Charles GreenCharles Green
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answered 2 hours ago
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Why ext2 partition?
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Why ext2 partition?
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You could do this, but it seems like extra effort unless you believe that someone is going to take physical posession of your computer, and find something you don't want them to.
– Charles Green
2 hours ago
It is my old work computer and has clients' data on it. I suppose I could wipe individual folders with something like ccleaner or bcwipe.
– Driver8
1 hour ago