Secure Erase might be quite good - I'm not debating that. Secure erase is currently the most secure way and the most efficient A cleanroom HDD recovery lab could still potentially recover information on any HDD that has been erased in any manner, so long as the HDD still functions. However, even the most secure erasing method that leaves the HDD still operational is not impervious. To prevent the data from being recoverable, you'll want to use the advanced options, and use a more thorough method (Quick Erase does a single write pass I believe). Using DBAN is totally fine to securely erase your HDD - the most important factor is simply how thorough you want to be.

Would DBAN work by deleting all hidden files so that even law enforcement couldn't find them? :mellow:

Don't ask.)īut I have many torrented programs, and if I were to run into a situation with law enforcement, I'd probably be screwed. So I'm in the process backing up important files before I try to wipe my hard drive and do a clean install of Windows 10.

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