Post #4458785
2026-08-09 03:39 UTC
RE: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one/117062853451989318
Public service announcement for anyone who really, really needs to wipe a drive on modern Windows and can't just boot into gparted, presumably due to taking some sort of vow
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@argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-08-09 06:12
@mcc@mastodon.social Umm that is not going to wipe it in any reasonably secure fashion. All the bytes will still be there, just unlinked. Forensics people can still recover them after that. Definitely use actual wipe tools for that sort of thing.