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Millions of deleted files recovered in hard drives purchased online

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    Sean Ewington
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    TechRadar[^]:

    Data recovery specialist Secure Data Recovery (opens in new tab) has shared the results of a recovery project that attempted to find out how many files could be recovered from a large number of hard drives (rather than solid state drives or memory cards)

    To the person who bought my HD filled with 240p anime in RM format, Irresponsible Captain Tylor is worth the watch.

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      TechRadar[^]:

      Data recovery specialist Secure Data Recovery (opens in new tab) has shared the results of a recovery project that attempted to find out how many files could be recovered from a large number of hard drives (rather than solid state drives or memory cards)

      To the person who bought my HD filled with 240p anime in RM format, Irresponsible Captain Tylor is worth the watch.

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      This is why all our company hard drives are encrypted before deployment. Laptops and tablets do get lost and stolen and workstation hard drives "die". Don't have to worry about data loss this way and our cyber-insurer really likes this.

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        This is why all our company hard drives are encrypted before deployment. Laptops and tablets do get lost and stolen and workstation hard drives "die". Don't have to worry about data loss this way and our cyber-insurer really likes this.

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        Nelek
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        And this is why I dban my drives from time to time before reinstalling an image, and I make a couple of holes before tossing them.

        M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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          TechRadar[^]:

          Data recovery specialist Secure Data Recovery (opens in new tab) has shared the results of a recovery project that attempted to find out how many files could be recovered from a large number of hard drives (rather than solid state drives or memory cards)

          To the person who bought my HD filled with 240p anime in RM format, Irresponsible Captain Tylor is worth the watch.

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          charlieg
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          And this is why I always take a sledgehammer to old drives and chunk them. Years ago, the state of Georgia here in the US upgraded their Revenue office computers with new equipment. They then sold the old machines with all of the citizen tax data to a used equipment dealer.

          Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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            And this is why I always take a sledgehammer to old drives and chunk them. Years ago, the state of Georgia here in the US upgraded their Revenue office computers with new equipment. They then sold the old machines with all of the citizen tax data to a used equipment dealer.

            Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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            Nelek
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            Very clever... :doh: :doh: :doh:

            M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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              Very clever... :doh: :doh: :doh:

              M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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              charlieg
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              The sledge or the state? :)

              Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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                The sledge or the state? :)

                Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.

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                Nelek
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                From the business point of view... the dealer. From the sarcastic point of view... it is obvious, isn't it?

                M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

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