![]() ![]() Xyployer was able to see (unhide) valid files. With no choice left i used a separate disk on different IDE channel and proceeded to copy over as much useable saved data as possible and snapshots. ![]() I also experienced I/O errors but could still boot to some of them but not the main snapshot that stored useful data. The most disturbing part of one of those (500gb) was that it housed our beloved FD-ISR and i had something on the order of 10 bootable snapshots with lots of stored data. I went thru something similar before with a couple of IDE drives that were Western Digital. An unlikely scenario unless you are Maxwell Smart or 007. If you cannot get one of the wipe programs to complete, you may need to take drastic measures by drilling 3 holes through the drive about 3/4 to 1 inch out from the spindle.īadguys are opportunist and will not waste time or money on a physically destroyed drive - unless they are personally targeting you and believe the data is worth it. I typically recommend Eraser – which uses DBAN for that, or CCleaner has an effective wipe drive feature too.īut Eraser, DBAN, and CCleaner all need access to the disk to work and if the drive is so full of errors it will not let these programs have full access, they may not work and some personal data may still be recoverable by a very resourceful and determined badguy (with a very expensive forensic analysis laboratory) or a highly funded crime lab, or very expense (into the $1000s) independent data recovery services.įor sure, since that drive is old, and because it failed the drive maker's own diagnostics, I would not trust that drive for anything and it should be discarded (not in the trash but electronics recycling bin). Instead, the wipe program writes a bunch of random (or nonsensical) 1s and 0s to every storage location on the drive several times, thus overwriting (the wipe) any of your previously saved data. You need to "wipe" the drive to ensure no recoverable data is left behind, though nothing is really wiped either. It just reports the space is available but the data is still there, and recoverable. If the disk was already formatted, reformatting does not overwrite the data. All formatting does is lay down the tracks and sectors where the zeros (and ones) are saved. Click to expand.Writing zeros on the disk is not a format (deep or otherwise). ![]()
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