# Wipe single disk during disk size up grade

**URL:** <https://forum.freenas-community.org/t/wipe-single-disk-during-disk-size-up-grade/305>\
**Category:** How-to\
**Created:** [February 23, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.freenas-community.org/t/wipe-single-disk-during-disk-size-up-grade/305 "2025-02-23T17:04:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![NavVet97](https://forum.freenas-community.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@NavVet97](https://forum.freenas-community.org/u/NavVet97)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.freenas-community.org/t/wipe-single-disk-during-disk-size-up-grade/305/1 "2025-02-23T17:04:13Z")

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Upgrading disk to increase space. Wanting to ensure personal data is not compromised if reselling current disks. How can these drives be securely erased. Hoping that I don’t have to connect them to another pc then run some sort of erase utility like DBAN