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For HDDs, you'll want to use a program called DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) to wipe it. It's included in the Ultimate Boot CD, and you can make that a bootable USB instead by using Rufus. Source: over 1 year ago
Someone below commented to use rufus. That tool is meant for flashing OS install images, but just using the format section should work fine. I use GParted's livecd, although that might be a bit overkill for a quick format. Source: almost 2 years ago
I would just download the ISO by itself. You don't really need the "assistant". Just mount the ISO with Rufus. Source: over 2 years ago
Maybe download the installers for Fedora & Tumbleweed and boot to the USB Drive you install the .iso file on to 'try' a distro first instead of destroying you current setup for the totally unknown world of linux. Use Rufus to create the bootable USB drive and HashTab to check the .iso files checksum. https://rufus.akeo.ie/. Source: almost 3 years ago
For HDDs, you'll want to use a program called DBAN (Darik's Boot and Nuke) to wipe it. It's included in the Ultimate Boot CD, and you can make that a bootable USB instead by using Rufus. Source: almost 3 years ago
I like the system-rescue.org live USB including the gparted already installed. Source: about 1 year ago
For a universal live USB try system-rescue.org. This is my favorite and can do practically anything. Source: about 1 year ago
My wife's hard drive (Windows) had a critical failure. I'm recovering some of its content using my limited understanding of the tools at system-rescue.org. But it's mostly beyond me and can't risk just experimenting. Source: over 1 year ago
Basically just want to achieve this https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/systemd-boot#Grml_on_ESP But based on Archlinux (more like systemrescue). Source: over 2 years ago
System Rescue should have Apple file system support in place. Source: over 2 years ago
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