Hardware :: Lowlevel Tool To Erase Data From Harddisks Completely?

Mar 9, 2011

For several days I have tried to create a new raid5 array, after accidently blowing up the old one.But it seems that the raid data was burned into the harddisks ineradicably. I keep seeing the raid data that was used for the old array. I have tried everything to remove the old data, even installed a new distro but still I see the old data.My last hope is to erase the disks with a lowlevel tool to make a clean start.

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Code:
vishnu@vishnu-laptop:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for vishnu:

WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/sda'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.

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Code:
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Code:
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Code:
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/dev/sdc:
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Aug 3, 2010

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