On 02/09/09 21:32, Dean S. Messing wrote: > I have a terebyte sata drive that I need to securely wipe clean. It > originally had 2 partitions. I deleted them using `fdisk', rebooted, > and then as root ran > > shred -vz /dev/sdd > Angle-Grinder or Belt-Sander on the platters. Works every time.