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RE: Erasing a hard disk easily
From: amilabs <amilabs () optonline net>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:27:13 -0400
Do you mean just using a big magnet or is "Big Magnet" the name of a utility? -----Original Message----- From: full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com [mailto:full-disclosure-admin () lists netsys com] On Behalf Of amilabs Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 2:49 PM To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: [Full-disclosure] Erasing a hard disk easily I have a bunch of old computers I would like to donate. Old laptops with win 95/98 on them and some old tower desktops all circa 1995-2k. I would like to know if I can just use a magnet to completely wipe out the data for obvious security reasons. I have heard about the disk erasers like active kill and Perl utilities for this but with the ability of data ghosting etc. is this enough? Can I use a big magnet like a speaker magnet or something like a degasser to just wipe out the data without having to boot these old boxes and go through all the extra work. Thanks _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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