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Is there any hdd data wiper you'd actually trust and is there a market for old hard drives?
I assume Norton Utilities still was a wipe feature, but the three-pass Mil-spec thing related to magnetic domains which were not always fully covered by a rewrite to the same address due to mechanical inaccuracies. SSD doesn't have the same issue, so just writing junk files to the full capacity should eliminate any possibility of data recovery by an adversary.
There is a market for pre-owned discs, but 128GB must be below the point where anybody is interested, they're barely over £10 new even from reputable brands.
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I also have a few TB of magnetic drives that I should do something with.
Wipe and sell or what though? I just thought because of the size of the SSD it would be neat to use it as a USB drive. I've got two caddies here with older laptop SSD drives in just for shits and giggles. -
SSD doesn't have the same issue, so just writing junk files to the full capacity should eliminate any possibility of data recovery by an adversary.
A SSD does not directly expose its storage blocks to the OS, only an abstraction to allow for wear levelling, so you should use the manufacturer's 'secure erase' tool. There might be one in the manufacturer's GUI toolkit, or something on their website that runs from DOS/USB.
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chez_jay
Ok, different question.
Is there any hdd data wiper you'd actually trust and is there a market for old hard drives?
I remember using Norton or something in the olden days to do "three pass military grade yada yada" data wipes of old drives before they went to recycling but nowadays I'm not sure.
On Ebay it looks like it might "make" £6 instead of costing £6 for the caddy.
Is there a better use? Just send it to recycling or is there a charity that could make use of it?