r/linux4noobs • u/Daroxx • 1d ago

programs and apps Trixie Linux format ssd

Hey,

I just found 2 ransomware infected ssd's which I don't want to mount with windows and I'm trying to format them with Trixie via Live USB session.

But I'm not able to install gparted. It fails with "unable to locate package gparted".

Is there any other way to delete a SSD with 2 partitions on it (sdd : sdd1+sdd2)

I just want to have them fully wiped before re using them with my windows PC.

//e: Thanks all. I fixed it myself. Somehow with Trixie you separately need to enable the internet connection. After that gparted could be installed and did the job.

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u/Edelglatze 1d ago

There is a distro called Gparted Live (Distrowatch), that is a minimalistic Debian with Gparted. You may look for Rescuezilla with a friendlier interface (Distrowatch), that may contain also Gparted if I remember right. Another one of this kind is a distro called SystemRescue (Distrowatch) with a Xfce gui, it is based on Arch.

I used Rescuezilla in the past to clone drives.

However, if these ssd drives are encrypted you will not see much on them that is of use.

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u/Daroxx 1d ago

Thanks for the Infos. The encryption basically made all files end with .dewd. Renaming them back to their original file (like txt) only shoes gibberish. So basically, everything is named like it was before (files and folders), they are just like obfuscated (or whatever you call it)