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Western Digital Hard Disk Drive OEM Specification
11.37.2 Overwrite Ext Command (feature: 0014h)
Command Block Output Registers
Command Block Input Registers
Table 197 Overwrite Ext Command (B4h/0014h)
The OVERWRITE EXT command starts an overwrite operation (i.e., a sanitize operation on the internal media that
stores user data) which fills the user data area with a four byte pattern specified in the LBA field of the command.
Parameters for the OVERWRITE EXT command include a count for multiple overwrites and the option to invert the
four byte pattern between consecutive overwrite passes.
After the overwrite operation has been successfully applied, affected data blocks are readable without error.
The OVERWRITE EXT command only is processed if:
a) the Sanitize Device feature set is supported
b) the device is in the SD0: Sanitize Idle state, the SD3: Sanitize Operation Failed state, or the SD4: Sanitize
Operation Succeeded state.