One of the options thats a tad bit hidden in OS X is the Secure Erase option, which runs a multi-pass erase on a volume. Additionally, there’s no option to Secure Erase free space on a volume. But you can still securely erase whatever you’d like (other than you boot volume obviously), when needed. To do so, use the diskutil command along with the secureErase option. The format of the command to secureErase freespace is: diskutil secureErase freespace [level] [device] The levels are as follows (per the man page as not all of these are specified in Disk Utility): Single-pass zero-fill erase Single-pass random-fill erase US DoD 7-pass secure erase…
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Secure Erase In Windows Server
The Cipher tool can overwrite deleted data in much the same way the Secure Empty Trash or Secure Erase options work in OS X. To do so, use the cipher command along with the /w switch while all programs on the system are quit. Then, from a command prompt use the /w switch followed by : and then the path to the location you’d like to overwrite. For example, if you deleted a folder from the c:/MYAPPDATA folder, you would use the following to remove data not allocated to files or folders: cipher /w c:/MYAPPDATA Note: The cipher command permanently removes data and so takes awhile according to the amount…