Low level formatting - when, why and how

The first article of this year is all about hardcore stuff; a tutorial explaining how to safely low-level format hard disks, including writing zeros to raw devices and files. Read with caution.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/low-level-formatting.html


Cheers,
Mrk

 

Thanks for article Mrk.

That is obviously better than shred no matter how many iterations, plus they say shred is
not ideal for journaling filesystems.

Regards

 

great article mrk )

today i read it in detail awesome work man

thanks thanks )