Thread: secure file delete?
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2010-02-01 , 13:52
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Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
Copy several times big Files with only "00" Bytes on your device until the device is full. It would help in the most cases to secure delete enought for ever.
Even that may not be sufficient. The flash cards have some extra cells in spare, and so your earlier data may have been rolled out and your 00 bytes go to other cells.

If you want to securely delete the content of the flash card: Just destroy the card completely.
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