Questions tagged [hard-drive]
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Understanding Secondary Log Hard Disk Impact on Write Speed and Data Integrity After Power Outage
I've recently come across the notion that a secondary log hard disk can be employed to enhance write operation speed in a database system. I find this concept intriguing but am struggling to grasp the ...
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Reliably destroy all information on magnetic disk through digital medium
In a scenario where a person wants to give away their device (magnetic disk included), leaving the disk usable for the receiver, how might that person go about destroying ALL data (except firmware) on ...
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Is there a way to find the devices my SSD was plugged in?
I gave my laptop for repair to a technician now I suspect he might have copied my files to another pc by probably plugging in my SSD to other devices. I already tried checking the properties but idk ...
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How can you securely destroy data permanently and completely? [duplicate]
I have some extremely sensitive data on a computer, hard drive, and on a private server. I do not care about cost or method, as I have a lot of funds (though not unlimited) and I do not want to go ...
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How to prevent the recovery of deleted files without a full format of external HDD?
How can I securely delete selected files so they can’t be recovered, but without the full format of the external HDD? Is this even possible?
I’m using Mac OS.
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Isn't "BIOS reset password" a security flaw?
According to this article Dell Support can help a user to gain access to data after forgetting the HDD password:
Once Dell Support has provided the reset password, you enter this when prompted and ...
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Encrypting Drive before Online Proctor Exam
I'm undergoing postgrad studying and will be asked to do an online exam monitored by ProctorU. I didn't worry much about it before signing up but now that I read the detailed instructions about how ...
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Isolate Dual-Boot Windows OS's - Encryption Programs
My machine has
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Disk No.
Capacity
SDD
LITEON L8H
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HGST
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1 TB ( 932 Gb )
SDD contains: Windows 10 (for work)
HDD contains:
Partition 1 /
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Is LUKS still an effective option for consumer FDE considering Elcomsoft can break it?
I use Fedora Linux and was recently looking into doing Full Disk Encryption on data drives such as /home on some of my / my family's PCs. I understand that LUKS security will be partially dependent on ...
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Should I trust that the Android factory reset actually erases my data?
I bought a Galaxy S20 Fe, logged my LastPass in it and all of my accounts (google, twitter, etc).
Now it has a malfunction and I'm going to have to send it back to get my money back.
When I factory ...
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How to best prevent data recovery on a disk drive without physically destroying it? [duplicate]
The recommended way of ensuring that data on a hard disk cannot be recovered is to destroy it physically, for example using a hammer, drill or even thermite.
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Do external harddrives keep track of the computers they're plugged in to?
I know that it's possible for a computer to set up logging or auditing, and keep track of what devices are plugged into IT. But do external harddrives keep track of what computers THEY are ever ...
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Google Chrome folder protection during HDD forensics
Is there any protection provided by Chrome browser against HDD dump and further forensics (with volatility-like tools)? For example, is it possible to extract google profile from Chrome folder and use ...
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Password protect an internal hard drive in a shared Windows PC where all users are administrators
It is a laptop shared by my lab. Today I use it, another day one of my student takes it on a field trip. I have 3 hard drives. I wanna leave 2 hard drives for my students and 1 for myself. On my hard ...
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Erasing hard drives (HDD & SSD) for donation
I'm planning to donate a laptop to a school, for kids to use from home during the pandemic.
It's my previous work/development laptop, so I want to erase the drives as securely as possible
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Cloning external harddrive encrypted by bitlocker using dd
Hi I want to know if I use dd to clone an external hard drive encrypted by bitlocker to another external drive, can the clone always be opened using the same password or there are exceptions?
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Wiping a hard large hard drive efficiently but securely step by step
I want to sell my old 4TB Hard Drive.
Of course I want no one to steal my data.
Overwriting the whole drive with zeros with dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda would take about 18h.
But I cannot reboot my PC ...
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Booting from an external drive on work laptop (privacy)
Hi guys the company I work for gave me an awesome laptop but I don't want them to spy on my personal activities (they have lots of Spyware and security).
I am, however, able to boot from an external ...
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Can I Hook Up A Infected Drive To Another Computer?
I have an old computer that has old games on it and has some kind of virus or such. If I hooked up its drive, would I be able to copy the files over to my laptop, or would even connecting the drive ...
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Breaking SAM windows password file offline
Is it possible to break a Windows encrypted SAM file where passwords are stored if you have the physical drive offline?
Thanks
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Best practice to secure hard-drive in case of theft or loss or unauthorized access?
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a person owns and used only a laptop (or PC) and on its hard drive is stored sensitive information, in addition, in browsers the logged-in sessions to gmail, facebook, server, etc...etc..
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What does HP DriveLock do to your password?
While looking at various hard drive encryption methods, I discovered that HP's "DriveLock" is not quite the standard ATA security system. While I did get confirmation from HP that it does indeed use ...
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