On Sun, 16 Nov 2014 12:04:31 -0700 jd1008 wrote: > Before sending the drive for warranty service, what is the best way to > clean the unallocated blocks? A way is to run as root "cp /dev/zero tempfile" for one "tempfile" per partition until the cp fails due to running out of disk space. That will allocate all free space and write zeroes to it. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org