> > I understand that writing zeros over the file should permenately delete the > > data > > Don't believe people telling that. The data will still be recoverable (with > the right hardware). That is so because overwriting a "0" with a "0" will > lead to another level of manetic field than overwriting a "1" with a "0". The > only way to wipe out data safely is to write different random bit over it > several times.
Almost everyone seems to agree that recovering data from a formatted drive is possible. What is the process by which this is done? I've read here that: 1. The space between tracks contains historical data information. and: 2. There is a difference between a track written with a 0 and then overwritten with a 0 and a track written with a 1 and then overwritten with a 0. Are these the two processes by which this data recovery is made possible? - Grant > Uwe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
