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I want to give the drive to somebody and I want to make absolutely sure that all traces are eliminated. A lot of people recommended DBAN but I would rather use secure erase as it is faster. But I want to be sure that the process is reliable. Is secure erase the same as writing a single pass of...

Is secure erasing a hard drive at the hardware level to be trusted, even if it is recommended by the NSA? Is it better or worse than using DBAN? From PC World: So which of these will be more secure? DBAN short or Secure Erase in PartedMagic?