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viking@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Deleting all existing partitions via the installer is already enough. Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.

Partitioning does not wipe things.

It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.

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- viking@infosec.pub ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  That’s why I said “essentially”. The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.
  
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  - NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    
    is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files
    
    Hmmm. So why do tools for “safe erase” even exist? ;-)
    
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Kelly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Sure, repartitioning works too.

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