Usually my process is very… hammer and drill related - but I have a family member who is interested in taking my latest batch of hard drives after I upgraded.

What are the best (linux) tools for the process? I’d like to run some tests to make sure they’re good first and also do a full zero out of any data. (Used to be a raid if that matters)

Edit: Thanks all, process is officially started, will probably run for quite a while. Appreciate the advice!

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    6 months ago

    Oh, thanks for pointing that out. It’s been a while since I needed to erase a disk so I didn’t realize DBAN isn’t really a thing anymore.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah, I was pretty sad to see it when I needed to wipe a disk recently for the first time in like 15 years.