How to erase storage Devices securely

This post gives some hints about how to erase a storage device securely. That means that data that was stored in the past on that device cannot be retrieved by any mean.

Deletion Methods

As a general rule, experts say that you need to erase the disk at low level at least 7 times.

Deletion Methods:

  • Quick erase. 1 step
  • RCMP TSSIT OPS-II. 8 steps. RCMP is the acronym for Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
  • DoD Short. Quick deletion in 3 steps
  • DoD 5220.22-M. 7 steps.
  • Gutmann Wipe. 35 steps
  • PRNG Stream. 4 or 8 steps.

Deletion Tools

Deletion tools featured on this post:

  • OLVIDO
  • DBAN

OLVIDO

OLVIDO is a tool developed by the National Crytographic Center of Spain (CCN, from the Spanish Centro Critológico Nacional).

OLVIDO is available for Windows OS.

Official web

DBAN

DBAN (Darik’s Boot and Nuke) is a popular deletion tool.

DBAN is intended for personal use only.

Official web

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