Notice: It's necessary to stress that before you wipe SSD, you need to back up your files if these files are still useful as you cannot recover your data after secure-erase. If you don't have essential data saved on your SSD, skip the 1st guide and start from the 2nd guide. We suggest you follow the tutorials one by one as presented in this part.
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a PIN, Recovery Key, TPM) does not change the FVEK. Warning! Changing the volume's key protectors (e.g.
So, even if there are bits remaining on the SSD from the data you deleted (and there almost certainly are), they are encrypted with a key that no longer exists. When you completely disable BitLocker on a volume, the Full-Volume Encryption Key (FVEK) used to encrypt the disk's sectors is deleted. Note: Check this by running manage-bde -status from an elevated command prompt and observing that the fields shown here match the screen shot:
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Here's how to do this on your volume which is currently BitLocker-encrypted: All that remains is to destroy the encryption keys which will render the data unrecoverable. This means the data you want securely erased is already encrypted.
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Would restoring that image (after removing and recreating the BitLocker encryption) work if it skipped unassigned sectors/blocks?ĭoes Windows save critical information in unassigned blocks (and prevent drivers from overwriting it)? Or did only 90s copy protections do so?Ĭlick to expand.Good. I don't think it's worth the effort anyway, but could I create a disk image with a third party tool, which skips unassigned sectors/blocks?
(How) Can I secure erase a single directory (or even file) on an SSD? Secure erase single directory on BitLocker-encrypted SSD