![]() ![]() If I look at the partitioning of the disk then there is no unallocated space but I suppose part of the main system partition may be reserved for the sort of buffering you mention so in theory there may be something lurking somewhere. That's why I came up with my 'chewing gum and string' solution to the problem outlined above. I understand that a genuine 'secure delete' is the only way to be sure but the disk is an unbranded one so I can't get software from the manufacturer and I don't have the means to try and zap the disk with something like Parted Magic. I can't see the company who sold me this PC either having such tools to hand or going to that amount of effort for a drive they're going replace under warranty.Īrgus wrote.It is also possible that there is unallocated space on the disk. PS I don't care if this totally trashes the drive, I just want to be sure that the unless someone resorts to industrial strength forensic tools they won't find any of my data on the disk. That 'deletion' won't actually wipe anything from the drive, it will just mark those memory locations as free space BUT that free space will not be human readable, it will be full of encypted bits. Given that, my next step will be to delete all the blank video files. ![]() If I've understood things correctly that means there's no part of the drive that's not encypted, every available bit is now non-human readable. I've overwritten every available location at least once. Given that what I have learnt from this thread I have:ġ) Filled all of the free space on the drive with multiple copies of a blank video, i.e. ![]() A Win 10 reinstall means it does boot again and I can poke around in Explorer without it locking up but one of the first notifications I got was 'reboot to repair the drive'. post the dead one., it's more accurate to say that the SSD is functional but dying / somewhat flaky. Option c) some other idea that I don't know about?Įdited to add: when I said. Option B) is there a portable utility that can be run from a USB stick that will encrypt the SSD? Option A) the OS is Win 10 Pro so should I try enabling Bitlocker? So given that this SSD is less that optimal, my question is how best to encrypt the contents of the SSD so that it's safe to post back to the supplier? I know that secure deletion is difficult, especially on a SSD and I've just read that encrypting the drive is a better bet. This means I have to post the dead one back to them.īefore I do that I'd like to be as sure as I can be that they can't rummage through the \Windows.old folder that's on the disk and get at things like the copies of my three Outlook.pst files or the few pictures or anything else like passwords somewhere in my Firefox profiles. Elsewhere I've mentioned that the SSD on my Win 10 box is to be replaced under warranty. ![]()
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