Re: dd = destroy data?

[Luke C Gavel]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Statux wrote:

> Does that change every allocation unit, though? Any way to write 0's to
> the entire disk is best :)

Yes, this is better.  You are just 'zeroing' the hard drive using
dd or cat.  Any DOS utility that proclaims a low-level feature,
merely 'zeros' a disk.  Otherwise, an actual low-level format on
modern HDs renders them permanently unusable.

Best Regards,
L.G.

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