• tatterdemalion@programming.dev
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      6 hours ago

      I think they meant you could wipe with dd and then they are recyclable reusable.

      EDIT: s/recycleable/reusable

        • toddestan@lemmy.world
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          8 hours ago

          More like they become reusable. A lot of places that refurbish donated computers for people who need them are perpetually short on drives since so much of the hardware they get have the drives pulled.

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      12 hours ago

      Yeah lmao. Wipe one drive at a time with a USB connector. No thanks. I don’t have bulk drive operation equipment and then it ties up a computer doing the work.