Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.
Partitioning does not wipe things.
It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.
Once a new partition is created, all files are essentially wiped.
Partitioning does not wipe things.
It rewrites the partition tables, obviously, but no data elsewhere.
viking@infosec.pub 2 months ago
That’s why I said “essentially”. The data is no longer accessible by the system, which is all that’s needed to prevent malicious files from being executed.
NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hmmm. So why do tools for “safe erase” even exist? ;-)