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7/24/2014
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2.6.1 Quick Erase
Quick Erase has been designed to remove data under prompt and urgent
situation and is triggered by sending an ATA Command.
Input Info of Executing Quick Erase Command
Normal Output Info of Executing Quick Erase Command
Device/Head Register:
DEV shall indicate the selected device.
Status Register:
BSY shall be cleared to zero indicating command completion.
DRDY shall be set to one.
DF (Device Fault) shall be cleared to zero.
DRQ shall be cleared to zero.
ERR shall be cleared to zero.
2.6.2 Military Secure Erase / Sanitization/ Purge Routines
Many government and military organizations such as NIST/NSA define their own
standard and procedures for performing a Military Secure Erase which overwrite