Comment on What is the best way to safely and completely erase all data from old laptops?
otp@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoEven writing 0’s takes hours per TB sometimes. Guess it depends on how much time you have
Comment on What is the best way to safely and completely erase all data from old laptops?
otp@sh.itjust.works 6 months agoEven writing 0’s takes hours per TB sometimes. Guess it depends on how much time you have
Knusper@feddit.de 6 months ago
It took maybe 10 minutes or so for a 256 GB hard drive for me, if I remember correctly.
That was an SSD, though, so yeah, mileage would definitely vary on an HDD.