Dave - This is an internal "platter-based disk" that was housed in an external encasing and connected via a usb cable.
Michael - I don't know if taking the time to find, install, understand and use shred is worth the trouble for this particular disk. I will keep it in mind for other more sensitive disks. Thank you all for your advice. -Daniel On 2/18/07, Dave Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Michael Brailsford wrote: > You should run shred on it. dd if=/dev/zero... is nowhere near as thorough as shred. Not saying that the typical person shopping at DI will have the know how to read a drive that has been zero'd, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. > Correct me if I'm mistaken, but given that it's a flash drive, isn't dd enough? I realize that with platter-based disks, magnetic spill over and residue can be read later to recover deleted data. But with a flash drive is this even possible? --Dave /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
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