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Is there a way to reliably scrub the drives to make sure they're reusable? I know storage is cheap but it's destroying the drive really the only way to ensure d
by hqsolomo 3y ago
Is there a way to reliably scrub the drives to make sure they're reusable? I know storage is cheap but it's destroying the drive really the only way to ensure data integrity?
I'm a big fan of recycling old electronics wherever possible. Would the cost of compute to virtually destroy the data on the drive so it can be safely reused as storage exceed the cost of physically destroying the drive and then recycling the raw materials?
I know for some cases true destruction is the best way to mitigate data theft in this case but... That's a bit heavy handed for an 80% use case, innit?
Edit: personally I always check what's on my old drives before decomming them but I think I'm an outlier here
- bozhark 3y agoNuke it. 8 times rewrite.
- hqsolomo 3y ago"She's dead, Jim." No kill like overkill!
- arp242 3y agoJust overwriting once with all zeroes (or anything else) is enough; for modern drives (where “modern” means “last 25 years”). It’s basically impossible to recover data after that.
- hqsolomo 3y agoThat's what I figured- I've never actually tested it though because I don't have any spare drives sitting around anymore. One of these days though I'll get around to zeroing out a drive and then running Autopsy on it for shiggles just to see what comes back up. Should be a fun experience!
- WalterBright 3y ago> or anything else I recommend overwriting with an endless loop of the freeway scene from "Solaris".
- red-iron-pine 3y agoi would have gone with meatspin or ytmnd but to each their own