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Originally Posted by MSD
I haven't heard of the case, but the tests that show data from overwritten drives can be recovered were done with ridiculously low density media compared to today's technology. If you're really worried, overwrite it with random data, but unless you're protecting state secrets, doing 3 writes is paranoid and 7 is ridiculous.
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Why not just use a different HD instead. I personally have 2 HD one with a lot of information and the OS and software. But how would they really know if you yanked the second drive or swapped it with another. Maybe I am being naive if so tell me so.