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DragonChase · Jan 23, 2014

When you want to sell your PC with HDD, what program is best to delete data permanently?

I am assuming i will have to take out the SSD and hook it up to another PC? thats fine, but what program destroys data properly from an SSD.

How do i actually lock an external HDD properly so my projects stay safe?

te100 · Jan 23, 2014

there is a program called Eraser that will use several passes to delete data like the DOD uses. http://eraser.heidi.ie/

DragonChase · Jan 23, 2014

te100 :

Yes but will it do properly on an SSD?

i found this out:
- http://www.tomshardware.com/news/solid-state-flash-translation-layer-NAND-FAST-11-Sanitization,12252.html
- http://arstechnica.com/security/2011/03/ask-ars-how-can-i-safely-erase-the-data-from-my-ssd-drive/

te100 · Jan 23, 2014

it says "It works with any drive that works with Windows".

Hawkeye22 · Jan 23, 2014

For an SSD, use the drive's built in secure erase. Programs like Parted Magic can issue the secure erase commmand as well as other programs.

http://cmrr.ucsd.edu/people/Hughes/secure-erase.html

DragonChase · Jan 24, 2014

Hawkeye22 :

Much thanks! i will use this at the company as well on regualar occasions, i was kind of worried about customer data being deleted from the drives as well.

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