On Saturday, August 17, 2019 12:57:02 PM -04 Peter Roger wrote: > Hieveryone, > > Maybesomebody can help me with some explanations. Thank you in advance!! > WhenI do format disk form accessories → disk → format disk → erase, I have 3 > option: 1.Don't overwrite existing data (Quick) > 2.Overwrite existing data with zeroes (Slow) > 3.ATA Enhanced Secure Erase (Approximate 4 minutes) > > Whatexactly do each of them? > > Thankyou!
Hi Peter: Here you may find a nice and brief explanation: https://maas.io/docs/disk-erasure It is not specific to Debian because this is general behaviour on most operating systems. Cheers Eike
