I have a bunch of hard disks that have come to the end of their useful life, I was thinking about physically destroying them, but that seems like a lot of work.

https://github.com/martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe

Nwipe and shreados are very popular. What are your thoughts on the effectiveness of nwipe?

  • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It literally takes longer to software wipe than to drill a hole as other commenters have mentioned.

    Edit: make sure it’s through the platters, not just the circuit board end