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What does the command "fsutil file createnew" really do?
In the Windows OS command line, when I need to quickly create a file of arbitrary size, I use the command:
fsutil file createnew <filename> <size_in_bytes>
I recently created a 100GB file ...
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Would using a single pass of schred on an encrypted SSD be an effective way to prevent accessing file data?
If I would perform a single pass of schred on a file on a (self)-encrypted SSD, would there still be a way to retrieve the file data without knowing the encryption key / password? Assume that the ...
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What marks data as deleted - the hard drive or the filesystem?
Anyone with a cursory understanding of data recovery and sanitisation as it relates to hard drives is aware of the concept that data "permanently" deleted from within an operating system is not ...
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Can I reliably use `dd` to wipe the root filesystem on a running Linux server?
I have a (physically) remote server I'd like to securely destroy. Unfortunately, the disk is partitioned with a single, large root partition and nothing else. Can I reliably use dd to wipe the device ...
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How to wipe a specific region of a hard drive partition?
I need to wipe (securely erase) a specific part (the last third) of a partition, wiping the whole partition free space is not an option (as other regions contain deleted data that must stay ...
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