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Or, you can use the (S)ATA Secure Erase[1] command which was designed from the start to securely wipe a hard disk and should handle wiping reserve space etc. pr
by noinsight 9y ago
Or, you can use the (S)ATA Secure Erase[1] command which was designed from the start to securely wipe a hard disk and should handle wiping reserve space etc. properly.
[1] https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase https://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase
- Nauxuron 9y agoApparently, this is not always implemented correctly on SSDs. It should take quite some time, but if it finishes after a few seconds, it probably didn't really wipe your SSD securely.
- oxplot 9y agoMost SSDs should be encrypted by default and all secure erase would do is to wipe the encryption key and generate a new one which takes no time and does effectively and securely wipe the entire disk.