▲ 1 ▼ RMAing a large HDD that has pirated movies/games on it, is it necessary to completely zero the drive? (alien.top) submitted 2 years ago by silvio_dante@alien.top [B] to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments The manufacturer requires that the faulty HDD be sent back. It's 18 TB, so ShredOS estimates 100 hours to completely wipe the drive. I really would rather not go through that. Does anyone else have experience with this?
[–] angry_dingo@alien.top [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) 100 hours seems excessive. If you want to zero a drive, one pass is plenty. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silvio_dante@alien.top [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I didn't realize until you said this that the default option on ShredOS is a 3 pass... that explains the 100 hours. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silvio_dante@alien.top [S, B] 1 point 2 years ago Yeah I didn't realize until you said this that the default option on ShredOS is a 3 pass... that explains the 100 hours. permalink fedilink source parent