Oscar. It writes a file to the HDD / SSD. That's what turns on the encryption in the cmos / bios / firmware.
It is always best to completely wipe to make sure nothing is hiding. But hey, I've recovered quite a few companies servers already....by all means try whatever method you think best. It was just advice, freely given. Which I usually charge $35. - $75. / hr. for. Good luck, and happy holidays. -Stealth On Fri, Nov 13, 2020, 08:40 Oscar <oscar.shrimpton.perso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Whilst I agree with most of what you said, flashing the BIOS is definitely > overkill. Reinstalling the bootloader isn't, but I also doubt 0 formatting > is necessary - your OS isn't going to be executing code from hard drive > sectors before it's (over)written them, I hope. > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/ > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: https://list.valvesoftware.com/
