Technical Proposal on ATA Secure Erase

The Windows Disk Management system program can be used to partition and format an erased disk for reuse. A Secure Erase must wipe the entire drive - otherwise user data could be left on O/S page files and in slack or free space. Maximum drive capacity for multi-pass overwrites is 2 Terabytes. The utility will only run from a DOS floppy or CD-R, not from a Virus. Block overwrite erase: revising ... ................
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