Secure Erase

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

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An overwrite technology using firmware-based process to overwrite a hard drive. Is a drive command defined in the ANSI ATA and SCSI disk drive interface specifications, which runs inside drive hardware. It completes in about 1/8 the time of 5220 block erasure.

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plural: Secure Erases
possessive: Secure Erase's
pluralpossessive: Secure Erases'

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