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Re: destructive hdd check

""WARNING! ALL DATA ON THIS DRIVE WILL BE LOST. ARE YOU SURE YOU WISH TO PROCEED? YES/NO.""

You also change it so that you don't type "Y" to proceed, but the word "PROCEED" or "L" or something non-related to the command - so you're sure they definitely read the question.

Seem to remember the old partition manager on early windows builds required "L" as the confirmation key to delete a partition. DBAN needs a word typed.

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