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Yep, a single wipe with DBAN is enough.
Yep. Even the latest physics research using atomic force microscopy can't determine bit history after more than two wipes and even then it only works with brand new unused discs written to twice and it takes forever to cover even a tiny area of the platter."She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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Plus to recover, you need to know what you're looking for, so there's a miscule chance that a chancer could find anything. Infact, I'd say it's in the billions to one chance they do.0
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Thanks everyone
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