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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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Is there a faster way to verify that a drive has been fully zeroed?
In the coming months, I'm going to need to zero out a lot of disks. After wiping each drive, I need a quick way of making sure that the drive has been completely filled with zeroes.
I could open each ...
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linux shred does not remove traces of filename even after truncate/removal?
I'm testing the coreutils /usr/bin/shred command.
It leaves traces of a file's name even though I told shred to "truncate" (remove) the file. I was assuming that shred would remove all the metadata ...
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How safely does reinstalling Windows wipe old data?
I've got a set of computers that have had privileged information on that I want to be able to re-use. If I used a Windows boot drive to re-install Windows, how sufficient would that be towards keeping ...
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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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Delete file/folder and wipe it
Is there a simple way (in Windows 7 or higher) to delete a file or folder and wipe it? (all data filled with zero bytes is enough for me).
Either with GUI:
Right click on file > Contextual menu &...
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Securely wiping a file on a tmpfs
I have a script that decrypts some data to a tmpfs, the directory is secure (permissions), the machine's swap is encrypted (random key on boot) and when the script is done it does a 35 pass wipe (...
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Can random data from a wipe or encryption of a full drive result in fake partitions appearing in the MBR? [closed]
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Can the apparently "random"-ish data written to a full drive (not just a partition) during a random "wipe" or encryption be somehow interpreted by the computer as having a "valid" MBR ...
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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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How to reset an NTFS MFT for no tracks of deleted files names to be found there?
When a file is deleted from the hard drive and the free space it used to occupy is securely overwritten (wiped), recovery tools can still usually find the file was there and show its name. As far as I ...
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Why some recovery tools are still able to find deleted files after I purge Recycle Bin, defrag the disk and zero-fill free space?
As far as I understand, when I delete (without using Recycle Bin) a file, its record is removed from the file system table of contents (FAT/MFT/etc...) but the values of the disk sectors which were ...
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Is using multiple passes for wiping a disk really necessary?
To stupid people, like me, you would have thought overwriting each bit on a disk would render the data completely unrecoverable.
Why do disk wiping tools have the option for multiple passes, i.e. 3 ...
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How to wipe a hard drive so that it's safe to recycle (while keeping the recovery partition intact)
My aunt and grandparents have some computers that they want to get rid of, all of them have Windows XP and a recovery partition (which allows them to restore the computer to factory settings). So what ...
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Program to wipe HD? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Securely format a hard drive
How to wipe a USB hard drive
What is a freeware app i can use to wipe a HD?
I have two
1) My external which is <1yr old and is reported '...
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Disk wiping other than DBAN
Sometimes using DBAN takes several days to wipe a disk. What alternatives do you have experience with that work within a few hours and offer the simplicity of DBAN? I am mainly interested in free ...
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