really overthinking it (there are easier ways to get to your data and that's compromising your actual working PC) i have had used HDD/SSDs that i have come across and some of them actually booted on my test dell PC that i use to test disks before...
Even a 1-pass wipe would prevent someone from simply plugging in the drive and recovering data as it requires low level access below the drive controller. Only a forensic lab would be able to do it. To prevent forensic recovery, multiple passes...
Thanks for the info. Regarding "secure wipe", what would qualify? So attached are the examples of options CCleaner offers, not sure if those would count. DBAN (also attached) has a handful of methods too.
I'm not too worried, but building a...
Send the drives to me, I'll securely wipe them for you. 😇👹
But in all seriousness, encrypting the drive and then doing a simple format will be good enough to stop most people from seeing what was on that drive.
If you always used software full-disk encryption like BitLocker, a simple wipe is safe. If you haven't used full-disk encryption, or had sensitive data on the disk before encryption, a secure wipe is required as data might be present in unused...
Digging around on google is turning up conflicting results, so I wanted to pick your guys minds. Basically, I'm curious of reasonable ways to securely erase drives so that if I were to say sell or give away such drive, I don't have to worry about...