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Want to give our grandson old laptop & would like to clean the hard drive & delete files,What would be the best way to go about it?Thanks
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Is Guttman(35 pass?) any more effective than a single or three pass wipe with modern high density HDs? My understanding is that Guttman is "theory" based on 90's era technology involving early low density HDs that was never really proven. So for the most part, a waist of time.
The important point is to over write the drive space. There are academic papers that show 1-2 passes are all that is necessary to make file recovery virtually impossible for all practical purposes with modern HD.
As mentioned, SSD by design do not require to be over written with OS support for TRIM. In fact, doing so reduces their useful life.
The important point is to over write the drive space. There are academic papers that show 1-2 passes are all that is necessary to make file recovery virtually impossible for all practical purposes with modern HD.
As mentioned, SSD by design do not require to be over written with OS support for TRIM. In fact, doing so reduces their useful life.
