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Windows Restore & Personal Data on SSD
Posted on 5/12/21 at 9:48 am
Posted on 5/12/21 at 9:48 am
If I use Windows to restore and choose the completely delete my hard drive, will it remove all data from the drive? Specifically, will it remove any personal data or, of a businesses computer, client data?
Traditionally I just destroy the computer but I was just wondering if SSDs would actually delete the data fully (because I know disc/HDD drives won't fully delete all data without secondary software).
Traditionally I just destroy the computer but I was just wondering if SSDs would actually delete the data fully (because I know disc/HDD drives won't fully delete all data without secondary software).
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Posted on 5/12/21 at 10:03 am to SlowFlowPro
If you're restoring through Windows 10 itself there's an option to "fully clean" the drive which says it takes hours. This will zero out the data on the drive so it'll actually be deleted (instead of just deleting the file table with the references to the files while formatting).
Posted on 5/12/21 at 10:06 am to efrad
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If you're restoring through Windows 10 itself there's an option to "fully clean" the drive which says it takes hours. This will zero out the data on the drive so it'll actually be deleted (instead of just deleting the file table with the references to the files while formatting).
This is why I always keep a fresh image on a flash drive
Takes like 10 minutes at most over the forever long built-in windows 10 options
Posted on 5/12/21 at 10:22 am to efrad
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"fully clean"
that's what i meant. used the wrong language
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This will zero out the data on the drive so it'll actually be deleted (instead of just deleting the file table with the references to the files while formatting).
ok so this is what I was wondering.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 10:29 am to SlowFlowPro
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wondering if SSDs would actually delete the data fully
like..with a cloth?
Posted on 5/12/21 at 11:18 am to SlowFlowPro
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ok so this is what I was wondering.
I don't work in syssec, so I can't speak to whether Windows actually does what it claims to do, but if you use the full clean option, it should delete everything on the drive, then overwrite the drive with junk data, then delete it again, which would give you the security you're looking for.
But again, assuming Windows does what it's claiming to do
Posted on 5/12/21 at 12:02 pm to Joshjrn
Trust M$ ??? If you want to be sure it's really gone enough to prevent most any recovery, there is a free utility called Kill Disk you can run multiple passes and know it's gone.
More info than anyone likely cares about;
Filling with random or pseudo-random data is considered better than all 1's or 0's. The Fed's use multiple passes of pseudo-random data, to forensic wipe all drives, before they are physically destroyed. Same procedure for both sensitive and non sensitive data.
More info than anyone likely cares about;
Filling with random or pseudo-random data is considered better than all 1's or 0's. The Fed's use multiple passes of pseudo-random data, to forensic wipe all drives, before they are physically destroyed. Same procedure for both sensitive and non sensitive data.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 12:11 pm to Joshjrn
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But again, assuming Windows does what it's claiming to do
should get me through any ODC inquiry at the least
Posted on 5/12/21 at 12:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
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should get me through any ODC inquiry at the least
Absolutely
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