memory stick

[raymond house]

Thank you Dorian and John for your inputs, I will check that out.

On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 4:50 PM, jl <j_lp at shaw.ca> wrote:

>  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>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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