R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-27 Thread Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk
"that" bad ? :S . -Messaggio originale- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Eric Smith via cctalk Inviato: martedì 27 marzo 2018 20:48 A: et...@757.org; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Oggetto: Re: PATA hard disks, anyone? On Tue, Mar 27,

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 03/26/2018 05:58 PM, Ali via cctalk wrote: >> NSA has been successful enough that the concept "DOD Wipe" as was found >> in programs like Gformat from Ghost no longer exists. > Bill, > > Are you saying that the NSA can recover data from a HDD that has been erased > and been written over

RE: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Ali via cctalk
> NSA has been successful enough that the concept "DOD Wipe" as was found > in programs like Gformat from Ghost no longer exists. Bill, Are you saying that the NSA can recover data from a HDD that has been erased and been written over multiple times? -Ali

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 03/26/2018 04:09 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: >>> Certainly, but it's fruitless to use logic in cases such as these. >>> Chances are that someone once read the paper from the 1990s that >>> said it >>> was possible to recover overwritten data from a drive using, IIRC, an >>> STM--at a

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Certainly, but it's fruitless to use logic in cases such as these. Chances are that someone once read the paper from the 1990s that said it was possible to recover overwritten data from a drive using, IIRC, an STM--at a rate of what was it? 1 kbit per hour? On Mon, 26 Mar 2018, Ethan via cctalk

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 03/26/2018 12:26 PM, et...@757.org wrote: > AFAIK there has been a bounty out to recover data with a single wipe > that hasn't been collected. I thought it was all theory and never done > in practice? Here's the Gutmann paper that many people cite:

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Ethan via cctalk
Certainly, but it's fruitless to use logic in cases such as these. Chances are that someone once read the paper from the 1990s that said it was possible to recover overwritten data from a drive using, IIRC, an STM--at a rate of what was it? 1 kbit per hour? AFAIK there has been a bounty out to

Re: R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 03/26/2018 11:23 AM, Mazzini Alessandro wrote: > Well, but with dban and/or other certified software the drives are as well as > new. The only issue would be the time/cost to sanitize them in house. Certainly, but it's fruitless to use logic in cases such as these. Chances are that someone

R: PATA hard disks, anyone?

2018-03-26 Thread Mazzini Alessandro via cctalk
Well, but with dban and/or other certified software the drives are as well as new. The only issue would be the time/cost to sanitize them in house. -Messaggio originale- Da: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] Per conto di Chuck Guzis via cctalk Inviato: lunedì 26 marzo 2018