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wipe / erase / zero fill / low level format

Posted: July 7th, 2020, 3:29
by Jelsomyno
Greetings everyone

1. i would like to know if these options are the same or is one of them more "powerful" than others:

MHDD -> erase
HDAT2 -> wipe
Victoria -> erase
HDD low level format tool -> format

2. are those the same things in modern usage:

wipe
erase
zero fill
low level format

thank you

Re: wipe / erase / zero fill / low level format

Posted: July 7th, 2020, 3:47
by unknown
All are the same.
Zero filling.
Which make data recovery is not possible.

Re: wipe / erase / zero fill / low level format

Posted: July 8th, 2020, 3:45
by Jelsomyno
thank you