![]() Disk Utility has "Secure erasing" options that will allow you to specify that the entire data section should be written to all 0s or overwritten with random data and even for this process to be performed several times. Mark the data as free and just overwrite it when something else tries to use it. ![]() On a rotating hard drive this will most frequently be done in a way that does not actually reset the bits that store the data, since that is an unnecessary and time consuming process. Data actually stored on your machine will be removed from the partition table and can thus be reclaimed for use by other things and will be considered "free" space.
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