that’s one of the reasons i think Lenovo has won the laptop war, they include all operating systems and make it very easy to install any on your device, i love Ubuntu a lot, and chromeOS too
that’s one of the reasons i think Lenovo has won the laptop war, they include all operating systems and make it very easy to install any on your device, i love Ubuntu a lot, and chromeOS too
Is DBAN still the go to for a clean wipe?
Doesn’t the installation of the new OS do the wiping? I was wondering because I never did it differently.
I haven’t a clue, I just never chanced it. When I’d sell a PC I’d always DBAN it.
It all depends on how sure you want to be that whatever was there previously is unrecoverable.
DBAN is up to DOD standards if I remember correctly.
Pretty sure it’s still a functional option at least… Seems to remember it still being there on the last Hiren’s boot I used.
I’ve never used it, but it seems to have good recommendations. Honestly, I just rip out the HDD/SSD before letting the machine out of my sight. That’s the only method I really trust.
For wiping before a Linux install, I usually use gparted or the installer’s tool.