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    • MattSpellerM
      MattSpeller @A Former User
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      @thecreativeone91 If it's not mission critical level drive erase required, just use DD when you boot to the live disk.

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      • ?
        A Former User @MattSpeller
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        @MattSpeller said:

        @thecreativeone91 If it's not mission critical level drive erase required, just use DD when you boot to the live disk.

        I'd do it to all drive if they aren't physically destroyed. Never know what an end user may have put on it.

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        • MattSpellerM
          MattSpeller @A Former User
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          @thecreativeone91 ehhhh yeahhhh I can see that, but random /urandom would take a long time. When I did home user stuff I'd just zero out the drive with DD if it was particularly nastied up with viruses.

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          • IRJI
            IRJ
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            I had my boss buy this
            http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Standalone-inches-Duplicator-Eraser/dp/B00FSVD9PE/ref=sr_1_sc_7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1433360211&sr=1-7-spell&keywords=star+tech+hard+drive+duplicator&pebp=1433360217339&perid=1F4GXYRQY2HTAD94PC69

            It's awesome. This has 4 different level wipes including DoD and one that is even higher than that which I have never used. I also use it for imaging since we only have 3 different PC models. I can image a 500GB HD in less than 6 minutes and 500GB SSD in 1.5 minutes.

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            • ?
              A Former User
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              A PC with some PCIe controllers works great to use Dban on a lot of drives at the same time.

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              • nadnerBN
                nadnerB
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                Windows... 98.

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                • DanpD
                  Danp @nadnerB
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                  @nadnerB said:

                  Windows... 98.

                  Not quite that old! 😳

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                  • gjacobseG
                    gjacobse
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                    Regarding Linux Mint 17.1; I have a ASUS EEEPC that is a few years old,.. seems that 17.1 has some issues with it,.. and the CPU runs harder. There is some performance issues with this version. I might have to roll back a version or so to find one that doesn't have issues.

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                    • coliverC
                      coliver @gjacobse
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                      @g.jacobse said:

                      Regarding Linux Mint 17.1; I have a ASUS EEEPC that is a few years old,.. seems that 17.1 has some issues with it,.. and the CPU runs harder. There is some performance issues with this version. I might have to roll back a version or so to find one that doesn't have issues.

                      Older computers (or less powerful ones) seem to have better luck running ZorinOS then Linux Mint, at least in my experience.

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                      • gjacobseG
                        gjacobse @coliver
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                        @coliver said:

                        @g.jacobse said:

                        Regarding Linux Mint 17.1; I have a ASUS EEEPC that is a few years old,.. seems that 17.1 has some issues with it,.. and the CPU runs harder. There is some performance issues with this version. I might have to roll back a version or so to find one that doesn't have issues.

                        Older computers (or less powerful ones) seem to have better luck running ZorinOS then Linux Mint, at least in my experience.

                        I'll give it a look. thank you.

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                        • gjacobseG
                          gjacobse
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                          I did find my LinuxMint v15, and it seems to be running fine. and I might look at the other versions of 17.1,.. might be a 'lighter' version to use.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
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                            Other versions?

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