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sudo wipe command in terminal error

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I did the command

sudo wipe /dev/sdb

where /dev/sdb is my 1TB HDD and I got a "command not found" message. How would I be able to prepare the drive for new OS? Wipe it, I mean.

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answered 1 Year ago whoppinolo · Accepted Answer

This will wipe all partitions, MBR, and data. Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command(s) below:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdx bs=1M

Note: You need to replace x with the device name you want to overwrite. Also make sure that you really want to do this, because it might not be reversible. So make sure that you have a backup of anything that you want off the drive before attempting this.