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Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wipe-the-hard-drive dept.

Many people have submitted this story of a broken laptop purchased on e-bay. The buyer gives a little lesson on why you should always clean your hard drive before you sell a computer.

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  1. 0-fill by bobby1234 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    here begins the discussion on the best way to 0 fill your harddrive..... 0000 no 101010 no 11111 no 000111000111

    1. Re:0-fill by Schraegstrichpunkt · · Score: 0, Redundant
      Dumbass, it's:
      while true ; do cat /dev/urandom > /dev/hda ; done
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      http://outcampaign.org/
  2. Link to the laptop article itself by stevenm86 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    http://www.amirtofangsazan.blogspot.com/ This is where the actual good stuff comes in. It's written (purposefully) from the person of the seller, if anyone is confused.

  3. Link to the site by badran · · Score: 0, Redundant

    here is a direct link to the site... http://www.amirtofangsazan.blogspot.com/

  4. Re:The Register's new market: tabloids by BorgCopyeditor · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Many, many points down the toilet in my book.

    I was about to post the same. Posting the link is totally indefensible.

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  5. The site in question by Lord+Kano · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I haven't read through all of the comments as of right now but the website that is mentioned in TFA appears to be http://www.amirtofangsazan.blogspot.com/

    LK

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