Data erasure
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data-erasure-180-14467100
title:
Data erasure
text:
Data erasure is a software-based method of data sanitization that aims to completely destroy all electronic data residing on a hard disk drive or other digital media by overwriting data onto all sectors of the device in an irreversible process. By overwriting the data on the storage device, the data is rendered irrecoverable. Ideally, software designed for data erasure should:
- Allow for selection of a specific standard, based on unique needs, and
- Verify the overwriting method has been su
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Method of overwriting data
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_erasure
date created:
2008-06-09T15:50:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T16:13:15Z
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