Re: SDD partitioning and allocations
On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Thursday, July 10, 2025 10:41:18 PM David Christensen wrote:
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> > On 7/10/25 04:07, songbird wrote:
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> > Be sure to do a secure erase before you put the SSD's into service:
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> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Erase#Secure_erase
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> Why do you recommend that? Are you assuming the SSDs songbird got are used, or do you recommend that even for new SSDs -- if so, why?
>From <https://www.zdnet.com/article/malware-found-on-new-hard-drives/>:
... Practice "safe sectors" and scan, or preferably wipe, all drives
before bringing them into the ecosystem. Dont assume that a drive is
going to be blank and malware free. Trust no one. Same goes for USB
flash drives - you never know what's been installed on them.
Jeff
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