Re: which is better "quick erase" or "full erase"

"Rick Merrill" wrote ...
After "quick erase" the data is easily recovered.

For a wide range of definitions of "easily". It is true that generally
speaking, the "quick format" doesn't destroy the actual data. But
it may destroy enough of the "meta-data" about the actual data to
make it very difficult, and sometimes not cost-effective to try to
recover. Not recommended to do a "quick format" thinking that
you can recover the deleted data easily.


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