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[jl]

On 12-04-30 04:39 AM, Dorian Pula wrote:
> Hi Raymond,
>
> You should be able erase, format or securely wipe a USB flash drive, 
> as you can any other kind of media.
>
> -- Dorian
>
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 7:08 AM, raymond house <raymondh40 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:raymondh40 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi all, I have a very basic question, can we reuse a usb stick?
>     someone asked me and I really don't know. Are they erasable ?I
>     looked at one I have and as far as I can see I would have to flush
>     every file one by one, is this right.
>
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>
> Hi Raymond this is John Papineau at Ubuntu kootenay Group in bc
>
> Yes it is possible to reuse a usb stick and the is program in ubuntu 
> that you can use to reformat the usb stick. If you are thinking of 
> giving the usb stick to someone or getting rid of it. it is important 
> that you use a special program to permanently delete your information 
> so that if you have personal file on the usb stick no one will be able 
> to retrieve them.
>
> I hope that this is helpful
>
> have a good day
>
> Ubuntu kootenay Group bc
>
> John Papineau   technician

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