Re: Hard drives v. CF/Smart media/etc.

[Raoul Armfield <armfield () amnh org>]

Herman Frederick Ebeling, Jr. wrote:
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> Here's a good question that I don't think I've seen any articles on.  As we all
> know even though that just because a
> file is "deleted" from a HD doesn't mean that the info is really "deleted" as it
> can (depending on how badly someone
> wants to) be recovered.  Does the same hold true for CF/Smart media/etc. types
> of media?

Yes since they are for the most part using FAT or FAT32 as the file 
system.  So deleting a file still only marks the space as overwritable 
not actually removing the data.

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Raoul