![]() You just have to let them know ahead of time so they can bring the truck to you first thing in the morning. I have been told it is a sight to see with lots of sparks and a silverware in the garbage disposal racket, just amplified a hunrdred fold. Usually the same companies that have the trucks that go around and collect paper for shredding. If it is really confidential data, you might consider one of the many companies that offers a drive shredding service. It just comes down to "is the data sensitive enough that people would go through the effort of restoring after a DOD 7 random bit sweep) Long story short, despite the DOD 7 random bit sweeps I still recovered everything.Ĭonclusion: The only truly safe way is to physically destroy a drive. With no file table the deep scan (with right software) looks bit by bit and it can even tell if a bit has been oriented on or off for a long period (yes traces are left) and it can logically reassemble your files (cept now are all named ". So I was in the "OH CRAP" mode because I keep everything school related.įast forward I formatted the USB drive again to clear all data from it (no more file table this way) and ran a file-recovery deep scan. wiped some school files that have collected over 2 years, some of which I hadn't backed up. As part of the recovery process if first DOD wipes the existing media for a clear chain of evidence and less chance of a "woops I put it on an old case's drive" data integrity issue.Īnyways I did a rookie mistake (major fail on my part) and put in the wrong USB drive. ![]() ![]() It was a small image of a USB for the class and I was recovering it to an actual USB because I had a spare one. I ran some software for a IT Forensics class which recovers a drive image. I have a perfect example from just last night. Just because your DOD Overwrite it doesn't meant that information is unrecoverable. Just to be a responsible fellow IT guy I have to make a few disclaimers to the "DOD overwrite" belief.
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