Erase your discs for certain

Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) is introducing four different DVD writers, all with higher writing speeds and what is claimed to be a unique data erasing feature for DVD±R (DL) and CD-R discs.

DVD writing speed has been boosted to 22X for the Lite-On iHAP322 internal writer, which is able to permanently erase the content of DVD±R (DL) and CD-R discs. Lite-On has developed the SmartErase technology to give users the possibility to permanently erase those discs that contained confidential data that should not be retrievable in any way.

SmartErase overwrites the original data on the disc with random meaningless characters so that the original data can no longer be read by any drive. Once a disc is “SmartErased”, you don’t have to worry about someone accessing the confidential data that used to be stored on the disc. Where other “techniques” as shredding or breaking a disc, or throw it in the waste bin still have a potential risk of data recovery, SmartErase guarantees that data will be erased permanently.

“As consumers and business professionals have growing needs to protect confidential data,” said Gakin Chang, Marketing Manager at PLDS. “SmartErase is an advanced technology to permanently erase data from discs, and users can rest assure that the private and sensitive data is securely erased and unable to recaptured.”

To make the technology easy to use, the SmartErase function will be implemented in Nero 7 Essentials, the software package that will be bundled with the Lite-On iHAP322. Users who want to erase their disc, can simply select the application in the Nero screen and can then choose between two erasing strategies:

1. A “Quick Erase” only erases the information stored in the Lead-in area and data stored on the first track of the disc. As a result, a drive can not read the disc anymore, but with data recovery software there is a chance that some data can still be recovered from the parts of the disc that have not been overwritten.

2. A “Full Erase” Overwrites the complete disc. It takes more time then a “Quick Erase”, but all the data will be permanently erased.

There will be three versions of the 22X DVD writers with SmartErase functionality:
1. iHAP322 22X DVD writer with PATA connection $A59.95
2. iHAS322 22X DVD writer with SATA connection $A59.95
3. iHAS422 22X DVD writer with SATA connection and LightScribe $A64.95

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