[Novalug] Hardqare (?) Question : Wipe Geekstick?

Ken Kauffman kkauffman@headfog.com
Tue Dec 16 12:01:48 EST 2008


You bring new efficiency to the term "waste".  :)

Ken


On Tue, December 16, 2008 11:56, Jay Hart wrote:
> Given that new ones cost pennies, why waste the time.  If it takes you an
> hour
> to wipe one of these sticks and you could buy a new for $10, I'd just as
> soon
> smash the old one than waste my time.  If you have kids, that is another
> story, they need to earn their keep...
>
> Jay
>
>> Not sure if DBAN supports wiping USB sticks, but you could always try.
>> (http://www.dban.org/)
>>
>> One warning, using a disk wiper on a flash drive may significantly
>> reduce the overall life of the drive as wiping generally involves a
>> great number of writes to the disk.  I haven't researched this issue,
>> but it shouldn't reduce the uses by more than 5% of the overall total
>> write cycles on most flash drives.  But, again, I haven't looked into
>> this in detail, this is just a wild guess.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> David
>>
>> On Dec 15, 2008, at 4:19 PM, Beartooth wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> 	I have a variety of thumb drives that've grown outdated;
>>> most are big enough to pull other duty -- if I can get rid of
>>> everything on them. So how do I do that??
>>>
>>> --
>>> Beartooth of Bear's End, Squirreler, Historian of Tongues
>>> What do they know of country, who only country know?
>>>
>>
>>
>> David A. Cafaro <dac@cafaro.net>
>> Cafaro's Ramblings:  www.cafaro.net
>>
>>
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