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  • Darorad@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    When you normally delete a file, it doesn’t actually delete it, to save time it just marks the space as free, so any new files can be written into that part of your drive.

    But the actual data just remains there until a new file is written to the storage.

    SecureErase does the second part without making an actual file.

    Normal delete:

    File: 01010101 -> no file:01010101

    Secure erase:

    File: 01010101 -> no file:00000000

    • KISSmyOSFeddit@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      That’s overwriting on a HDD. secure erase on an SDD throws away the key telling the controller what 01010101 means.