U.S.B cannot wipe

Discussion in 'Software' started by greybuffalo, Jan 31, 2012.

  1. greybuffalo

    greybuffalo Staff Sergeant

    I have two files I cannot wipe on a usb,"volume info & recycle"
    I have tried "Drive wipe" but these things just stay?
    Is that normal?or how can I clean the usb?
    Cheers ?
     
  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi

    These are normal as you need volume info for the usb drive to be recognised as a partition and recycle is the bin, both are locked system files.

    Yes you could remove then using a diskpart (command line option) to delete the volume, but to use the usb drive in the future you would have to create a new volume and format and the same files would return.

    Basically if you wish to remove data from the drive then a format or wipe disk will do, if you wish to remove sensitive information and data then use something like CCleaners Drive Wiper and in the Security dropdown choose at least 3 passes (any more and it may take ages to erase the drive)

    you can also use Eraser and Dariks Boot and Nuke.
     

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