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by mysteryhawk on December 4th, 2004

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When you delete a file from your computer, is it really gone forever?

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  • by msdesmarais on February 2nd, 2007

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    "Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory" by Peter Gutmann might be useful info for everyone here. The "Gutmann Pass" uses 35 consecutive writes. Peter states "To erase magnetic media, we need to overwrite it many times with alternating patterns in order to expose it to a magnetic field oscillating fast enough that it does the desired flipping of the magnetic domains in a reasonable amount of time."

    Read more at http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_del.html

    Michael
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