modern yoke
So; I think I'm fucked.
I'm trying to format my old PC to sell it, aaaand I went into a few Linux Mint forums to find the easiest way to safely erase data
I booted up mint from a USB drive , set it to erase and substitute all data from the disks menu... And it's frozen. At 42,6% , for the last few hours. The Panel is also missing.
I can't just disconnect the USB stick and idk what happens if I try to reset it mid formatting so ... What do I do ?
pulsar escarp
Can you photo the screen?
pulsar escarp
@modern yoke
modern yoke
Just format the pc
pulsar escarp
Do you want to install the system on it, or just have it blank?
modern yoke
install the system probably , even if its empty
pulsar escarp
In that case, please restart, open disks app, select hard drive, go to menu - format disk, choose "do not overwrite data (fast)" in the first field and GPT in the second - click ok
modern yoke
how do i restart if the panel is gone
pulsar escarp
hold down power button for 5 seconds or so
modern yoke
welp
aight
oh
it appears the 42.6% was a visual bug of some sort
the 1tb partition seems to be free space
strange
but okay
guess i install linux again now
pulsar escarp
Please show the disks app after a restart, with hdd selected
pulsar escarp
Yeah, looks ok.
modern yoke
damn that monitor is dirty
so yah imma install linux again now
thank you!
