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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by arp242 on Thursday August 10, 2023 @07:29PM (#37083076)
Just overwriting once with all zeroes (or anything else) is enough; for modern drives (where “modern” means “last 25 years”). It’s basically impossible to recover data after that.
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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by hqsolomo on Thursday August 10, 2023 @07:45PM (#37083195)
That's what I figured- I've never actually tested it though because I don't have any spare drives sitting around anymore.

One of these days though I'll get around to zeroing out a drive and then running Autopsy on it for shiggles just to see what comes back up. Should be a fun experience!

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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by WalterBright on Thursday August 10, 2023 @11:55PM (#37084946)
> or anything else

I recommend overwriting with an endless loop of the freeway scene from "Solaris".

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Re:What’s causing the rise of hoarding disorder? by red-iron-pine on Friday August 11, 2023 @09:03AM (#37088230)
i would have gone with meatspin or ytmnd but to each their own
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