Data Recovery & Solid State 249
theoverlay writes "With all of the recent hype about solid-state drives in both consumer applications and enterprise environments I have a real concern about data recovery on these devices. I know there are services for flash memory restoration but has anyone been involved in data restoration projects on ssd drives? What are the limits and circumstances that have surfaced so far? What tools will law enforcement and government use to retrieve data for investigations and the like?"
Such tools as... (Score:5, Funny)
Waterboarding, tasers, sleep deprivation, bright lights and loud obnoxious music.
Honk! Honk! (Score:3, Funny)
Use the gForce (Score:5, Funny)
Google results, which seem rather informative [google.com]
Re:Honk! Honk! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Such tools as... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Such tools as... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Such tools as... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Honk! Honk! (Score:5, Funny)
There is a good proof-of-concept available (but it currently works only for wives) that could probably be easily enhanced to implement the mother-in-law eraser function (actually, perhaps it's already there, I've not used Reiser4 much).
Re:Secure erase (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Such tools as... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:SSDs have one infallible data recovery option (Score:5, Funny)
You can completely and unretrievable wipe data from both paper and disk drives. With paper, shredding is no good but a single match or Bic will do the trick. Cheaper than a shredder, too. With a disk drive, just disassemble it and sand off all the oxide. Or alternatively, if you have a smelter or other really really hot mass of molten metal, you can just drop the thing in there. The smelter option works for CDs and tape as well.
Or you can bury it in the bridge abutment your construction company is building with tax dollars, right next to Jimmy Hoffa.
Oh oh, am I on my way to Gitmo now?
-mcgrew
(still no journal although the last one was updated Friday. Mod me down for this?)
Re:Destroying sensitive data (Score:3, Funny)
Telling the gov't why your HDD was in the microwave might be a little trickier...
Re:well that makes it easy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Such tools as... (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Honk! Honk! (Score:3, Funny)
Why isn't this method on the market yet ?