YoKenny Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Secure deletion: a single overwrite will do it The myth that to delete data really securely from a hard disk you have to overwrite it many times, using different patterns, has persisted for decades, despite the fact that even firms specialising in data recovery, openly admit that if a hard disk is overwritten with zeros just once, all of its data is irretrievably lost. http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Sec...t--/news/112432 Can Intelligence Agencies Read Overwritten Data? http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/overwritten-data-guttman.html The Great Zero Challenge: http://16systems.com/zero "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school." - Albert Einstein IE7Pro user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted January 23, 2009 Moderators Share Posted January 23, 2009 YK, we've been ahead of this for years..... and it won't make the slightest difference, users will still bash on with it, 35 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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