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Old 02-23-2008, 08:40 AM
Sebastian G.
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Default Re: How many overwrites for secure erase?

Arthur T. wrote:


> And, regardless, is there some number of overwrites that
> *will* make the data unrecoverable?



Current harddrives are within about 5 to 10 % of the Shannon limit, thus one
overwrite should suffice.

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