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If the laptop was somehow recent, it would have SSD(s) and DBAN is useless for these drives. Sending a TRIM request would do the job (or, generally speaking, j
by BrandoElFollito 4y ago
If the laptop was somehow recent, it would have SSD(s) and DBAN is useless for these drives.
Sending a TRIM request would do the job (or, generally speaking, just deleting the files). There is no reachable slack on SSD drives.
- progman32 4y agoCan you expand on this? I've recovered deleted files from SSDs. Deleting files does not automatically issue a TRIM.
- bombcar 4y agoEven a TRIM won't necessarily remove blocks entirely, just move data around such that there are open free spaces. The most secure way to erase an SSD is write just insane amounts to it, and then put it through a ballistics test with a 1911 and then throw the remaining parts into Mt Doom.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoYou fill the drive with random data. No optimization can refuse to store data that can't be deduped. There's still the likely possibility that extra capacity on the SSD is untouched but you can at least get the bulk of it.