CBL data wipe taking long

[mrdm123]

Hi all,

2 days ago I decided to fully wipe my WD Black 2TB drive, using CBL Data Shredder and the US DoD 5220.22M 3-pass wiping option.
At the moment the thing is running for around 46 hours, and it is showing 105%, and that it is doing Pass 1 of 3.
I am not sure if it is still working, and how long I should wait before its done. Anyone that has experience with this?

Greetings,

Mitchell

 

[JaredDM]

The drive has probably gone unresponsive or program has crashed. Even a 3 pass wipe on a drive that size shouldn't take longer than 10 hours to complete unless you're doing it over a USB 2.0 adapter or something like that.

 

[mrdm123]

The elapsed time is still moving, and the percentage just changed to 106%. Does this still mean the drive has gone unresponsive or program crashed? If so, is it save to stop the wiping using the ESC key?
By the way, during the wiping, the elapsed time changed a few times to a lower count (maybe 0, I was asleep) so the elapsed time its showing is incorrect.

 

[JaredDM]

It's absolutely safe to interrupt it, it's not like you're going to lose data right? DoD wiping is actually completely unnecessary anyway. A simple zero fill is all that's ever needed to prevent any possibility of data recovery. Just a wast of electricity in my opinion.

In any event it's definitely gone a lot longer than it should have, so I'd suspect there's something wrong with the drive. I would stop it and then do a S.M.A.R.T. check on the drive using this tool: Crystal Disk Info

My guess is you've got bad sectors that have developed.