Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-17 Thread maraflanagan1
Take me off your list!!! Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 17, 2015, at 2:42 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Ajeesh Kannan >> wrote: >> >> I prefer "shred" command . Can you please confirm this will do the needful >> to my requirement. >> >> shred -n 100 -vz /dev/ > >

Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-17 Thread Arun Khan
On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Ajeesh Kannan wrote: > > I prefer "shred" command . Can you please confirm this will do the needful > to my requirement. > > shred -n 100 -vz /dev/ I have used 'wipe' to blank out data on disk partitions. Other solutions like using dd with /dev/*random works. Som

Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-09 Thread pavithran
On 9 April 2015 at 12:59, Vikas Tara wrote: >> scrub -p dod -f /dev/sdb1 >> and >> shred -n 100 -vz /dev/sdb1 >> >> But this commands will take more time to complete the task. > Shred will help you - but they will see that you have done this. I don't think they are that desperate lol they want

Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-09 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Vikas Tara wrote: | Shred will help you - but they will see that you have done this. \-- Also, one cannot be sure what other hidden files the installed software has retained on the system. The only clean way is to format the partitions. SK -- Shakthi Ka

Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-09 Thread Vikas Tara
On 09/04/15 11:49, Ajeesh Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > We can find the Windows partition from Linux machines. Formate will not be > a good option to remove the files as there are lots recovery tools to > retrieve the old windows files from the HDD, even if you have formatted the > disk. Microsoft is now

Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-09 Thread Ajeesh Kannan
Hi, We can find the Windows partition from Linux machines. Formate will not be a good option to remove the files as there are lots recovery tools to retrieve the old windows files from the HDD, even if you have formatted the disk. Microsoft is now doing door knocking and ask for the genuine licens

Re: [Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-09 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Ajeesh Kannan wrote: | some of them are using cracked ms office/ other license softwares on this | machine. | | Before installing Ubuntu I would like to remove all old windows files from | their HDD , to avoid future Microsoft checking. | | I prefer "shred"

[Ilugc] would like to removel all old windows files

2015-04-09 Thread Ajeesh Kannan
Hello, Our software team is using windows on their machine. Now our management recommend to use open software for all machines. I would like to install Ubuntu on their machine. some of them are using cracked ms office/ other license softwares on this machine. Before installing Ubuntu I would lik