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Cake day: November 18th, 2023

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  • Given all the comments earlier, I can confirm the safest option is Darik’s Boot and Nuke Dban for short

    Originally, you would put it on a CD (USB now), boot it, and auto nuke the entire computer. This however works only if you have a Hard Disk Drive.

    Alternatively, you can also use the software called “Eraser” by Heidi. You can download it for free.

    If you have a solid state drive, and you’re worried about all your data, it is best to remove the drive, and keep it for yourself. If not, you do the following:

    Option 1:

    • Encrypt the hard drive, delete the partition. Create a new partition that’s encrypted, but the partition has to be a different format. (First you have Ntfs, and then go to xfs or xfat)

    Option 2:

    • Use the Eraser software, and overwrite the entire hard drive. Encrypt the drive. And then format it.

    Option 3: make sure the SSD’s mapping system is corrupted, or changed, so that if someone tries looking into it, they’ll only see a block of code, but not the entire file.