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erases whole partitions by overwriting everything with 0s in a single iteration.
shred -vzn 0 /dev/<device>
where <device> refers to your hard drive partition or device
example
# shred-vzn 0 /dev/sdc1
erases the whole partition using 3 iterations with random numbers. In addition (option -z) writes zeros to hide the shredding process at the end. This will take 4 times longer than the fast method.
shred -vzn 3 /dev/<device>
where <device> refers to your hard drive partition or device
example
# shred-vzn 3 /dev/sdc1
