On 7/20/2012 10:31, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Nowadays (and since most 1GB hard drive... quite old), its not possible
> anymore. Writing 0 or random number is the same: the old data is not
> recoverable.

This. Plus, if it's an SSD or has flash backup, you can write it all you 
want and unless you rewrite the entire drive multiple times, you're not 
guaranteed to get rid of the junk.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
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    in the cabinet."

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