@User_already_exist@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 8 months agoHow do I wipe a modern SSD to prevent data recovery?message-square76fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down14file-text
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minus-square@otp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•8 months agoIf you want to keep/sell the drive… Fill up the rest of the usable space Encrypt the drive Throw away the encryption key/password Hard format (writing zeroes to every bit, sorry if that’s the wrong term Is that the best strategy? Or is anything outside of 2 and 3 redundant?
minus-square@Brkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•8 months agoYou can’t fill the drive. The drive decides when to use its buffered free storage blocks. It’s at the hardware level and only the Secure Erase command will clear it.
minus-square@otp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•8 months agoRight, I read some more of the comments and realized that’s what some of the “unreported space” is used for. Makes sense, thanks!
minus-square@_edge@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink-1•8 months agoYou fill up the usable space. Or the visible space. No one will disamble the device and read from the raw storage.
minus-square@Brkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•8 months agoThen why do that when you can do a secure erase in seconds?
If you want to keep/sell the drive…
Is that the best strategy? Or is anything outside of 2 and 3 redundant?
You can’t fill the drive. The drive decides when to use its buffered free storage blocks. It’s at the hardware level and only the Secure Erase command will clear it.
Right, I read some more of the comments and realized that’s what some of the “unreported space” is used for. Makes sense, thanks!
You fill up the usable space. Or the visible space. No one will disamble the device and read from the raw storage.
Then why do that when you can do a secure erase in seconds?
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That makes sense. Thank you!