Ignoring bad sectors when wiping disks

[bastianleicht]

Hey, is it possible to ignore bad sectors when wiping Disks?

I have some Disks that have bad sectors but need wiping. It would be nice if shredos could do that.

Currently it just errors the drive.

[Firminator]

Yes that's on the todo list. We discussed this multiple times in the past. See some context @ martijnvanbrummelen/nwipe#550
(link goes to the nwipe repo. ShredOS uses nwipe. Both are maintained by PartialVolume.)

It's not implemented yet so I wouldn't wait on it necessarily and expect the feature to be added within a week or so. Just to set a realistic expectation on your side.

In the meantime you could try Seatools to remap the bad sectors. Run a full SMART Health Check then remap. Download @ https://www.seagate.com/support/downloads/seatools/ ; then wipe w/ ShredOS.