ShredOS Usage

Wipe SSDs (NVMe & SATA) and HDDs with ShredOS

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Prerequisites:

• USB-Stick (2GB+)
•  BIOS+UEFI USB / minimum 2GB RAM / writable

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Step 1: Preparations

1. Download and flash the ShredOS Image to a USB-Stick with a program like rufus.
2. Expand the shredos partition with a partition manager (or linux tools like fatresize etc.)
3. Copy the following files to /etc/nwipe/ onto the stick:
   1. nwipe.conf
   2. nwipe_customers.csv
4. Edit the following bootloader entries as shown below
5. 1. boot/grub/grub.cfg
   2. EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg

menuentry "ShredOS" {
    linux /boot/bzImage console=tty3 loglevel=3
}

to:

menuentry "ShredOS" {
    linux /boot/bzImage console=tty3 loglevel=3 shredos_exclude_boot_disc="yes" loadkeys=de
}

Then save both files and eject the stick.