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06-07-2021 10:02 AM
Hello,
I want to remove all data of the laptop hard drive and it seems this is possible through a BIOS function which is named SECURE ERASE. I wonder if by removing laptop data applying this function I might get a log where I can see such data have been removed since my company needs this log. Thank you in advance!
06-08-2021 01:22 AM
Hola,
No, no such logs available. Secure erase deletes everything from a disk from end to end making (almost) impossible to recover it.
As a proof, you may capture a video (or 2 relatively short clips) : 1) showing how you start the process and 2) how it ends (like 98%, 99%, 100%, done) and then no data available, no OS, etc...
Learn more here:
>> https://www.hp.com/us-en/shop/tech-takes/how-to-secure-erase-ssd
>> https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA7-2608ENW.pdf
Hope this helps !
@turutu wrote:Hello,
I want to remove all data of the laptop hard drive and it seems this is possible through a BIOS function which is named SECURE ERASE. I wonder if by removing laptop data applying this function I might get a log where I can see such data have been removed since my company needs this log. Thank you in advance!
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07-28-2021 03:17 AM
Where is this secure erase option at the 15s-eq0355ng?
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06204100
Bios Security shows:
- Administrator Password
- Power-On Password
- TPM Device
- TPM State
- Clean TPM
- Restore Security settings ...