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Originally Posted by theducks
I always remove the drives from dead computers. If they drive was a hard fail (nasty noises), most of simple SECURITY destruction has been done.
I have a USB 'cloning' kit (adapts drive connection to USB and supplies more power)
'The kid' (now over 40), found a Laptop on the road (Never put your Laptop or phone on your cars roof). While it was password protected, popping the drive and using the clone kit with Linux (just in case...), there were sensitive documents in the clear that suggested who the foolish one was.
My point is a Clone kit is a handy item for recovery and it is not form factor limited (this one did SATA, PATA and the smaller laptop PATA and had a power brick that could power a 5.25 size drive). My Laptop started life with 80G. I cloned it to 512G, Then I cloned it to a 1T SSD (CloneZilla even does dual boot)
This makes a Library recovery (move), a piece of cake.
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I remember a TV program where the hosts bought some used laptops and were able to recover sensitive information. There is a problem (I forget the name) that will write to a drive up to 7 times so nothing can be retrieved. I believe 7 is the magic number.
Does Clonezilla allow you to clone to a smaller drive if the used space will fit?