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RE: Erasing a hard disk easily
From: "Jos Osborne" <Jos () meltemi co uk>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:45:14 +0100
That's what I am going to do to the non donated units smash, drill and M80 them. But for the ones I am donating I was wondering if the magnet approach was quick enough. Thanks.. Marek
Any magnetic field strong enough to wipe the data will nerf the addressing tables on the disks, leaving them needing to be returned to the manufacturer. And if you're really lucky it'll bend the platters too. I prefer disassembling the disks - the platters make nice shiny coffee coasters. I'm guessing that drilling a hole in the case, pouring in some sand and firing up the disk would probably do a good job of rendering the data non-readable too ;> _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily, (continued)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Kiley, Patrick M. (IARC) (Jul 12)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Schmidt, Michael R. (Jul 12)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Javier Liendo (Jul 12)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Peter B. Harvey (Information Security) (Jul 12)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Jos Osborne (Jul 13)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Marek Isalski (Jul 13)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily amilabs (Jul 13)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Doug White (Jul 13)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily amilabs (Jul 13)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Denis McMahon (Jul 13)
- Re: Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Maarten (Jul 13)
- RE: Erasing a hard disk easily Jos Osborne (Jul 13)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Aditya, ALD [ Aditya Lalit Deshmukh ] (Jul 13)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Maarten (Jul 14)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Darren Reed (Jul 14)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily James Sneeringer (Jul 14)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Larry Apolonio (Jul 14)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Gary E. Miller (Jul 14)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Darren Reed (Jul 15)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Gary E. Miller (Jul 15)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Darren Reed (Jul 16)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Kurt Seifried (Jul 16)
- Re: Erasing a hard disk easily Aditya, ALD [ Aditya Lalit Deshmukh ] (Jul 13)