Questions tagged [secure-erase]
Secure erase is a command to tell an ATA mass storage device to completely wipe itself.
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How to securely erase an SSD using the OS on the SSD?
Does anybody know of a way to erase hard drives from the hard drive? Without anything else?
EG. I have a windows 10 pc and would like to wipe the hard drive as-is, with no boot key/disk and while ...
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OS X | Impossible to empty my trash
There are four folders in my trash which are resisting any kind of deletion. So far I´ve tried multiple ways but im still stuck.
I already searched for the same problem on superuser but so far no ...
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hdparm doesn't read SSD? HDIO_DRIVE_CMD(identify) failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device
I'm trying to use hdparm to do secure erase of my 512GB SSD SK Hynix.
SSD has Windows 10 installed in it.
I boot Ubuntu from a usb flash drive.
sudo fdisk -l
I get a lot of different disks, turns out ...
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Can I "secure erase" a Samsung SSD without installing it?
I sometimes replace SSDs in our office PCs with bigger and faster ones. A few days after doing that, I want to wipe the old SSDs because they might contain sensitive company data.
Back in the old ...
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Purpose of password in SSD Secure Erase - Partedmagic
I used PartedMagic to secure erase my Samsung EVO SATA SSD. I had created a bootable USB pen drive for the same. The process went well and SSD has been erased. It took hardly less than a minute to ...
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Is decrypting BitLocker after deleting files a secure way to erase data?
Consider the task of erasing profiles of previous users from a Windows computer (which is to be given away to other people) without having to fully erase the system.
Assuming the computer's hard ...
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Can I wipe a Samsung 850 Evo SSD by plugging it into another computer through an enclosure and using erase software?
I'm soon sending my computer to a repair shop and I want to wipe my SSD first before sending it in. I detatched the 850 Evo SSD from my computer and was wondering if I could connect it to a laptop ...
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I've used hdparm secure erase on a USB SATA drive. Is it beyond recovery now?
Acting on information in an outdated version of the ULSAH, I have tried to wipe out my old backup disk (a USB-connected SATA drive, not an SSD) using hdparm with the following options (rather the way ...
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Can deleting all files then filling the SSD totally with other files securely wipe old data?
We all know about how SSD is bad when one wants to securely delete specific files (not the whole disk).
Did anyone test if this securely overwrites all files (performed from within the OS):
delete ...
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Erase disk before selling
I have an old Windows 7 computer that I want to format and prepare for selling to somebody. I am using Parted Magic for disk operations and I'm wondering if "erasing the disk safely" is really ...
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How to secure erase a Western Digital My Cloud Mirror (Gen 2)?
Before transmitting a Western My Cloud Mirror 6TB NAS storage in RAID 1 (2x 3 TB) from one customer (selling it) to another one (buying it), I need to wipe the data, whilst preserving intact the ...
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How to overwrite deleted files completely the right way [closed]
I have 1 TB hard drive, and I want to delete sensitive data from it.
What I have tried:
Format the hard-drive "deep slow format" from CMD command.
I tried c-tools.
Also I tried cipher built in tool ...
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Secure erase single directory on BitLocker-encrypted SSD
(How) Can I secure erase a single directory (or even file) on an SSD?
I'm returning a work laptop to my former employer that I was allowed to and did use for private matters. Normally colleagues just ...
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Is removing hard drive enough to secure old laptop before selling it or giving away?
I have an old Sony Vaio laptop, which I have previously used to store sensitive data (cryptographic private keys of certain value). Now I am not using the laptop and I will store it, sell it or give ...
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Secure Erase software interchangable when enabling hardware encryption?
I'm trying to Secure Erase a Samsung 850 EVO SSD as part of enabling hardware encryption. Samsung Magician describes having to "ready to enable" it in the Windows software, followed by a Secure Erase ...
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