Im just wondering what was the last dvd or cd you burned and what was it for? So you all still use dvds or cds? or have you found a alternative media?
Im just wondering what was the last dvd or cd you burned and what was it for? So you all still use dvds or cds? or have you found a alternative media?
I was debating just now burning a DBAN disk just to use the ancient HP I recovered to wipe old IDE hard disks.
That idea broke down when when I realized that the ribbon connector was actual floppy and there was no IDE connector.
It broke down further when I tested the optical drive with another disk to see if I could stubbornly use it with a USB IDE adapter. The drive didn’t seem to spin up and I’m not wasting my time burning a drive when I have other options.
I finally grabbed a Linux Mint live USB and another computer. I’m supposedly running shred on the drive, but I forgot to include output so I’ll just know when I get back in to work Monday. Top does say shred is using processor cycles, so I guess it’s fine.