Hi Pedro,
When a drive is erased, each sector of the disk is written over several
times usually with a series of characters. By doing this the data is rendered
theoretically irretrievable. When one formats a drive the data is still
retrievable to a data retrieval program.
In the case of old hard drives there is always the threat of identity
thieves getting a hold of an old hard drive and doing who knows what with it.
So, wiping it with a good disk eraser program is a safety step.
God bless,
Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pedro Romero" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 3:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Disk Wipe Utility
Just curious!
is there an advantage to erasing a hard-drive as opposed to simply
reformatting it?
Pete
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