I heard that multi-pass overwrites on a daily basis can cause added wear and tear on the hard drive, which can potentially lead to an unstable system. Is this true?
My apologies for not responding sooner. I've downloaded and installed the latest version. After setting it to shutdown system, I can now confirm that it works. Thanks, Joel.
So in other words, you don't approve of this suggested procedure, therefore I should disregard it. I thought this method was a good idea, but you know what? I think I'm going to test it using free recovery software, Recuva so I can verify whether the suggested procedure works or not.
So you are saying, from a security standpoint, that using 3 or more passes are weaker than using pseudorandom 1-pass? Hmm, I'm not sure if I can understand this logic.
I know for the fact that wiping a large unused space may take a long time, especially if you use 3-pass or more. However, I remember reading a thread on another forum (or maybe it was on this forum) which suggests you can get around it by filling your hard drives with large duplicate files until...
Initially, I have some reservations at first, but based on what you said, you are correct that my method doesn't work. I shouldn't have devised it in the first place. Oh well, but thanks anyway for steering me clear of my ill-conceived method. Looks like I'm going to have to embrace patience...
I have a bunch of large video files totaling 31.5 GB (they are in AVI format) that I wish to securely delete them. However, the erasing process would take too long, even with a 1-pass so I decided to come up with a new way to permanently erase them.
It works like this: you create a new file...
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