A longtime reader sent me a really good question today. If I had a USB flash drive and I didn’t know where it’s been or what it’s done, how would I clean it to make it safe to use? He said using Linux was fair game, so that made the answer a lot easier.
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Cleaning USB drives with Linux
by Dave Farquhar on May 9, 2012
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