Wipe Hard Drive
11 Mar 2013 19:00 #31215
by LAIR82
Wipe Hard Drive was created by LAIR82
Does anybody recommend the best way to wipe the hard drive on my current build.
I have been working on my second build and have noticed the pc is sluggish at times, the displays take a while to change. The latency doesn't look bad, but I noticed that the brand new hard I have in my build is already at 75% used on a 320gb drive, my first linux build is only at 1% on an identical 320gb drive. Not sure what I did, but I want to wipe it re-install 10.04 and re-compile.
Thanks Rick
I have been working on my second build and have noticed the pc is sluggish at times, the displays take a while to change. The latency doesn't look bad, but I noticed that the brand new hard I have in my build is already at 75% used on a 320gb drive, my first linux build is only at 1% on an identical 320gb drive. Not sure what I did, but I want to wipe it re-install 10.04 and re-compile.
Thanks Rick
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
11 Mar 2013 19:39 #31216
by ArcEye
Replied by ArcEye on topic Wipe Hard Drive
Hi
If you are doing a new install from Live CD, it will format the partition you choose for the installation by default.
(if it does not, you can select format partition in the partitioner)
regards
I want to wipe it re-install 10.04 and re-compile.
If you are doing a new install from Live CD, it will format the partition you choose for the installation by default.
(if it does not, you can select format partition in the partitioner)
regards
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
11 Mar 2013 20:18 #31218
by andypugh
Replied by andypugh on topic Wipe Hard Drive
The standard LinusCNC installation has a "Disk Janitor" app that ought to be able to clean up the space.Not sure what I did, but I want to wipe it re-install 10.04 and re-compile.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
11 Mar 2013 20:26 #31219
by LAIR82
Replied by LAIR82 on topic Wipe Hard Drive
I just don't understand why it says that the hard drive is already at 75% capacity, it was brand new when I started this build. My other build is on an identical drive and it's only at 1% capacity.
I think that might be causing my sluggishness of my pc.
I thought that if I ran DBAN and completely started over it would fix my problem.
I am not sure though if DBAN will work for UBUNTU, I have only seen directions for windows.
I think that might be causing my sluggishness of my pc.
I thought that if I ran DBAN and completely started over it would fix my problem.
I am not sure though if DBAN will work for UBUNTU, I have only seen directions for windows.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
11 Mar 2013 21:00 #31226
by BigJohnT
Replied by BigJohnT on topic Wipe Hard Drive
I just select "use entire drive" after deleting any partitions...
John
John
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
14 Mar 2013 07:51 #31369
by arvidb
to find out what's taking all that space. You get a list of the directories under / and how much space they take up. If you see that /usr, say, is the culprit, then doto find out where in /usr the problem is. And so on, one step at a time, until you find the actual files.
For more info on du do.
Replied by arvidb on topic Wipe Hard Drive
You can runI just don't understand why it says that the hard drive is already at 75% capacity, it was brand new when I started this build. My other build is on an identical drive and it's only at 1% capacity.
$ sudo du -bh --max-depth=1 /$ sudo du -bh --max-depth=1 /usrFor more info on du do
$ man duPlease Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
14 Mar 2013 10:58 #31383
by jmelson
You might type "top" in a terminal window and see what task is
at the top of the list. And, yes, that is probably the cause of
the sluggish response, too.
Jon
Replied by jmelson on topic Wipe Hard Drive
You must have something running that is writing a log file of some sort.I just don't understand why it says that the hard drive is already at 75% capacity, it was brand new when I started this build. My other build is on an identical drive and it's only at 1% capacity.
I think that might be causing my sluggishness of my pc.
I thought that if I ran DBAN and completely started over it would fix my problem.
I am not sure though if DBAN will work for UBUNTU, I have only seen directions for windows.
You might type "top" in a terminal window and see what task is
at the top of the list. And, yes, that is probably the cause of
the sluggish response, too.
Jon
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Time to create page: 0.084 seconds