What is the file system? NTFS, FAT16, FAT32? What size is the partition? -Joel
"The path to hell is paved with good intentions." On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Adrian Crenshaw <[email protected]>wrote: > Ok, a few years ago I tested out formatting an SD card from XP, and showed > how you could file carve the data back off of it because it did not zero the > bytes. > > http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/data-carving-with-photorec-to-retrieve-deleted-files-from-formatted-drives-for-forensics-and-disaster-recovery > > I'm testing right now in Vista, and doing a normal format seems to zero out > the bytes (besides the part that involves the file system format). Did the > change the way things work in Vista? The format seems to go too fast to be > overwriting everything. I'm using WinHex by the way to verify. > > > Thanks, > Adrian > > _______________________________________________ > Pauldotcom mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom > Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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