Method and apparatus for bulk data remover
First Claim
1. A method for purging information from a storage medium comprising:
- defining a region to be purged, the region comprising one of a storage medium and a portion of a storage medium; and
performing a purge of the defined purge region by overwriting all locations in the defined purge area with a character, the complement of the character, and a random character.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for purging information from a storage medium such as a floppy disk or a hard disk drive. A region to be purged is defined such as a storage medium or a portion of a storage medium. A purge is performed of the defined purge region by overwriting all locations in the defined purge area with a character, the complement of the character, and a random character. A number of wipe iterations may be defined where the performing is repeating until the defined number of wipe iterations is attained. The purge may also be verified by reading all locations in the purge region, and checking for inconsistent data and remaining original data by comparing all read locations with the last character written during the purge.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for purging information from a storage medium comprising:
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defining a region to be purged, the region comprising one of a storage medium and a portion of a storage medium; and
performing a purge of the defined purge region by overwriting all locations in the defined purge area with a character, the complement of the character, and a random character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An article comprising a storage medium with instructions stored therein, the instructions when executed causing a computing device to perform:
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receiving a definition of a region to be purged, the region comprising one of a storage medium and a portion of a storage medium; and
performing a purge of the defined purge region by overwriting all locations in the defined purge area with a character, the complement of the character, and a random character. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20)
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18. A method for removal of information from a computing system comprising:
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selecting at least one information removal option;
generating an executable file based on the selection; and
purging information from at least one computing system by execution of the executable file.
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