WipeFS, download gratis. WipeFS 1.2: Erases the free space on hard disks (including Solid State/SSD), USB flash drives etc, to prevent the recovery of information from deleted files. Wipefs -a on all of the drives. This thread is archived. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. If you didn't destroy the old pool you will probably have to labelclear the disks.
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WipeFS erases unused space on hard disks, USB flash drives etc, to prevent the recovery of deleted files. Any data which still resides in that unused space, albeit marked 'free', can be properly and securely deleted by overwriting it. As you may know, simply deleting a file does not actually delete the content of the file. Instead, the space that file occupied on the disk is simply marked as being 'free', and may exist for a long time until another file is allocated that space (or part of it).If you’re reading this right now because you just ran wipefs -a on the wrong disk or partition, you’re probably enduring that familiar data loss sinking feeling. In the case of a disk, you might be able to restore your partition table using something like testdisk, or, if you still have the output of wipefs, you can directly “undelete” what wipefs just deleted. Wipefs can erase filesystem, raid or partition-table signatures (magic strings) from the specified device to make the signatures invisible for libblkid.wipefs does not erase the filesystem itself nor any other data from the device. When used without any options, wipefs lists all visible filesystems and the offsets of their basic signatures. The default output is subject to change.
Simply check the drive(s) you want to work on, the number of passes you want to perform (see Preferences) and click the 'Start' button.
When wiping begins, you are shown the following information:
• The name of the volume whose free space is currently being wiped.
• The value being used to overwrite the data (see Preferences).How To Erase Computer And Start Over
• The segment number and total number of segments (segments are files the application writes to your volume, they are temporary and deleted after wiping has completed successfully).
• The current pass of the segment (see Preferences), if applicable.
• The overall progress.
The time it takes to wipe a volume depends on the size and type of the volume, the speed of your Mac (and amount of RAM), and how many passes you specify. Obviously, 8 passes will take eight times longer than 1 pass. Solid State Drives are quicker than conventional hard drives.
When wiping the free space on a volume you will be asked to select a folder in which this app can store temporary files. You must have read/write permissions for the chosen folder. We suggest you use the folder you are presented with.
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The files created by this app will be cleaned-up after the free space has been successfully wiped or the process is aborted using the 'Stop' button.Best Free Hard Drive Eraser
In the event the temporary files created by the application are not deleted, select the drives above and then click the 'Clean up' button. You will then regain any lost disk space. If no temporary files are found, nothing will happen, if there are temporary files deleted you will be told how many were deleted.Wipefs Btrfs