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overwrite

[¦ō·vər¦rīt]
(computer science)
To enter information into a storage location and destroy the information previously held there.

overwrite

To record new data on top of existing data in a rewritable medium such as main memory, magnetic disk or rewritable optical disks. See direct overwrite.
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"You can get software that will do multiple overwrites of the hard drive with different characters, and usually this would be good enough.
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Sanitization is reliably executed with features such as Secure Erase, or users can also choose from a 1-Pass overwrite, 3-Pass overwrite with Verify and a third-party certified, forensically unrecoverable DoD 7-Pass overwrite sanitization function.
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Simply deleting files is not enough; special software is required to overwrite them.
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It's quite possible to overwrite good data on a disk subsystem, and to return bad information.
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If you're not sure whether your device has the virus, here's a quick way to check set the Hot Sync Manager to Desktop Overwrite Handheld.
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