Rid Laptop of data before discarding

[cajunlibra]

I have Xubuntu Intrepid installed on a laptop that I am considering selling. Windows ME was installed on it previously. I have had to installed Xubuntu once or twice before now so the drive has been formatted 2+ times. There isn't any sensitive data on it now but there was under ME. What can I do to wipe the HD clean?

I'm no longer a newb but not an expert either. Something that could be run on a CD would be fine.


Thanks

[lindsay7]

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[rookcifer]

From a live CD, run this command as root:

shred -vfz n 1 /dev/sdx

Where sdx = name of the drive you want to wipe. Change it accordingly.