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I don't think DBAN works on SSDs. The inner workings of the device tricks DBAN into thinking it is zeroing out parts of the drive but it is not. That and the f
by ngetchell 2y ago
I don't think DBAN works on SSDs. The inner workings of the device tricks DBAN into thinking it is zeroing out parts of the drive but it is not.
That and the fact that SSDs hold back part of the usable storage for optimizations means DBAN can't even seen the whole drive.
- mmooss 2y agoNeither does nwipe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42568171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42568171