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The first rule of erasing a drive is you can't erase a drive, whether it's a solid state or hard drive. If you want or need to render the data on a drive inacc
by Dalewyn 4y ago
The first rule of erasing a drive is you can't erase a drive, whether it's a solid state or hard drive.
If you want or need to render the data on a drive inaccessible by any and all means, there really is no option other than physical destruction of the drive.
- crazygringo 4y agoIf you use full disk encryption, all you have to do is throw away the key. Works for solid state and hard drives.
- Dalewyn 4y agoDisk encryption has always been advised for mitigating incidental leakage of data, such as stolen laptops or thumb drives that go missing. But my understanding, both as an industry standard and as common sense (insofar as common as computer literacy is), is that the only true way to ensure data destruction is total physical destruction of the physical medium the data resides on.