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The best way to throw blocks away

The best way to throw blocks away

Posted Dec 2, 2010 13:23 UTC (Thu) by etienne (subscriber, #25256)
Parent article: The best way to throw blocks away

Maybe TRIM could also be used on rotating HD to clear all unused space to prevent leaking information to "disk-scaning tools" - to be used for instance at power-down time.
Obviously it would be quicker not to surf bad sites at work...


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