Data Security - Shredder
Why Server Fault recommends it
Server Fault answerers point people to it as a vivid demonstration that physically shredding a drive, SSD or spinning disk, is the surest way to destroy data.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2012 to 2014.
What it is
A 2m39s clip from 2007 showing hard drives being physically destroyed by an industrial mechanical shredder. It is posted by EcosysRider, a channel tied to GEEP Ecosys, a company that offers data security and technology change management services.
What people said
Recommends Fred · 2013-06 · Server Fault · on “How do I effectively destroy a SSD?”
I am sorry but this is the fastest and the most secure way to destroy your data either on SSD for spinning disk. [this video]
Cites SmallClanger · 2012-01 · Server Fault · on “What is the best approach to wiping all data off a HDD instantly?”
This: [this video] Every home should have one. Realistically, every bit on your platters is recoverable. A single, full-pass write of the disk is the only way, and even then it's still possible to get something off it (but it's very hard). Destroying the disk by buckling or smashing the platters is the fastest way. there's till ways, but it's the kind of stuff only decent sized governments can be bothered with. You could perhaps try to overwrite the first block of each file and then overwrite the filesystem, which should put it beyond a cursory recovery job, but not anyone more determined. Ask yourself: What is it worth to my enemies to get hold of what's on this disk?", and take the appropriate
Cites HBruijn · 2014-10 · Server Fault · on “Potential pitfalls associated with securely deleting SSD disks”
ATA Secure Erase is part of the ATA ANSI specification and when implemented correctly , wipes the entire contents of a drive at the hardware level instead of through software tools. Software tools over-write data on hard drives and SSDs, often through multiple passes; the problem with SSDs is that such software over-writing tools cannot access all the storage areas on an SSD, leaving behind blocks of data in the service regions of the drive (examples: Bad Blocks, reserved Wear-Leveling Blocks, etc.) When an ATA Secure Erase (SE) command is issued against a SSD’s built-in controller that properly supports it , the SSD controller resets all its storage cells as empty (releasing stored electron