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I have an SSD with the option (with ATA-commands) to erase the firmware for security reasons. In the firmware flash cells, the secret key is stored for encrypting the data on the fly. When I ask the vendor how it is deleted, they tell me i… Continue reading Securely erase firmware secret key
Console launch season is upon us. A time for billion dollar corporations ingratiate themselves with “Johnny Consumer” by promising the future of entertainment is finally available to one-and-all. The focus of this new generation of consoles has been the battle for 4K supremacy between Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. …read more
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It seems like just yesterday (maybe for some of you it was) we were installing Windows 3.1 off floppy drives onto a 256 MB hard drive, but hard drives have since gotten a lot bigger and a lot more complicated, and there are a lot more options than spinning platters. …read more
Is it possible to ‘view’ the space that TRIM would take care of to see if that space was really wiped? I am using both Windows and Linux.
My system drive on my dekstop is a Sandisk SSD, with default encryption through Bitlocker not enabled. My PC doesn’t have a TPM.
I want to completely wipe the SSD data in order to make it unrecoverable. I’ve read that the best way to achie… Continue reading Can I completely wipe an SSD using encryption?
I had some files that I want to recover from windows, but I formatted the ssd drive to macos (apfs)? Is there a tool or method to recover those files?
The card was a 16gb SanDisk micro SD card (monolithic).
As web services, cloud storage, and big-data services continue expanding and finding their way into our lives, the gigantic hardware infrastructures they rely on–known as data centers – need to be improved to keep up with the current demand… Continue reading PinK: A new way of implementing a key-value store in SSDs
In particular, this applies to small solid state storage media like SD cards small enough to fit on your thumb. I once read that Cerium nitrate dissolved in water can be used to etch hard disk platters but I haven’t actually verified this…. Continue reading Are there any good chemicals for physically destroying storage media?
Western Digital has announced its second generation My Passport SSD line, which is aimed at content creators on the move. There’s up to 2 TB of solid state storage on offer, blazing fast read and write speeds, and the drive can survive a drop of up to … Continue reading Western Digital gives portable SSD a serious speed boost