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Would have loved to, if it was just the wife and I. But had our daughter and her best friend that usually comes with us on vaca in FL....so...had to...

That's a lot of driving, heh. Should've stopped for a brew.. Maybe next time - St. Augustine is great, it's like 40 min from me. The beaches are...

I was down your way for a while. Had to drive back from FL....took 3x days, all the return flights last weekend got cancelled..and the rescheduled...

YSCat! It's been ages

Wow...memories. I took a Basic class back in high school, did it on the first big Apple computers, saving data on cassettes, and later the 5.25"...

Thanks all! Yeah, been a while!

Would passing a very strong magnet over them accomplish anything?

Wiping Windows is a pain if you lost files :/ You can always destroy them by throwing them in the microwave for 30 seconds, or lightly sauté them...

No vaccine for you! JK :)

I've tried both methods more than once and variations too, no luck. Sometimes some methods "seem" to work as they go about trying, even reporting...

Thanks for the link. Bookmarked! I lost track of all the name changes and gave up trying as people kept changing. The data loss was bad, but...

ok, you get a pass. I've been busy writing new code, wiping out the partition with that new code by mistake, building a mobile PC out of a...

I am too burned out looking at code, I've been moving a few sites to a new server and switching functions from PHP 5 to 7.

Just overwriting the first few megabytes of the stick with random data should render LUKS useless, even if it is preventing formatting tools. ...

Sorry to hear you wiped a wrong partition Norm, ouch :/ Name changes --> ;) https://www.speedguide.net/forums/showthread.php?128100-Name-Changes

So, has ANYONE tried it yet? Anyone? Come on Humbolt, you tried it didn't you :D

I hadn't tried dban until you posted it, but then I did try it, and without luck. It didn't work at all. I made two different boot usb sticks using...

or something like killdisk https://www.killdisk.com/eraser.html

what about using something like dban to wipe the thumbdrive, not sure if that works on them ??

BTW - It's also good to know that when you encrypt a drive with LUKS (which is what many Linux distros do if chosen while installing) You can...

I'd like to say I've tried "everything" Philip, because it sure feels that way. Here's the main ones. Diskpart, Gparted, Udisks, Fdisk and many...

I don't know that much about LUKS, but I think you should still be able to delete partitions, and reformat the drive, provided the sticks are not...

Many of them have some issues that caused them to fall through the cracks, like substance abuse, mental disorders, criminal history, lack of...

We are currently looking into items you've hidden/stored in you underwear drawer.

About 2-3 years ago there was a homeless encampment along the Santa Ana River Trail in Orange County, Calif. Along the stretch adjacent to Angels...

Where's Homeland Security when you need them!

Доктор, я знал что ты извращенец, но думал что только ваксина заставляет тебя свободно говорить по-русски хех. I cheated a bit, had to use...

Моя мама любит ягнят не меньше меня. Пожалуй, это потому, что она такая же извращенная, как и я.