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On at least three Lenovo Laptops, many keys no longer work following the use of the shred command.

  1. I used a bootable Ubuntu USB key. Within the Ubuntu OS, in the terminal window:
    • sudo fdisk -l
    • sudo shred -n10 -v /dev/nvme0n1
  2. Shred runs its course.
  3. I then install Windows (10)

Then oddly enough, the keyboard doesn't work (many keys are completely non-functional).

  • In the BIOS, the keyboard works fine.
  • The hard drive is an NVMe.

How can Ubuntu's shred result in our keyboards not working?

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    Have you tried installing Windows over Ubuntu without running shred, and did that leave you with a keyboard without the issues? I.e., can you 100% attribute your keyboard issues in Windows to running shred in Ubuntu and nothing else? Commented Oct 2, 2024 at 14:39
  • Were handing out Laptops to employees and shredding is a requierment. To answer your qestion, No I cannot assert that Shred is to fault. But I can see no ther logical explanation. txs., Commented Oct 2, 2024 at 14:47
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    Try to reproduce the problem without running shred just for testing. To fulfill the requirement you can repeat the process with shred. Commented Oct 2, 2024 at 15:02
  • Thanks Bodo for your input. ''Try to reproduce the problem without running shred just for testing'' That means just installing windows, which is what we do here every day; without problems. ''To fulfill the requirement you can repeat the process with shred'' sorry, what is it you want me to do? Commented Oct 2, 2024 at 15:23
  • Could this be caused by shred deleting firmware files? Could it be removing efivars? See reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/milxpl/… for example. I doubt it since they do work in the BIOS, but still... Commented Oct 2, 2024 at 15:56

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