In article <kW8kk.466$Ht4.2@trnddc01>, Wes Groleau <groleau+news@freeshell.org> wrote:
> Jolly Roger wrote: > > The NewGuy <noemailhere@please.comm> wrote: > >> So is there any faster way of making the data unreadable to average > >> people other than overwriting with zeros? > > > > I used to erase cassette tapes with a bulk magnetic eraser. I wonder if > > one of those might work on a hard drive without damaging it? > > If you open it up, you get dust in it. > If you don't open it, the case "conducts" > the lines of force so that the field inside > is negligible. > > Maybe if you put it next to one of those junk yard > car lifting magnets. But if you were successful, > it would no longer be usable. Some very low-level > formatting is put in with special controllers by > the manufacturer. This is necessary for the end-user > drive card to find the blocks the computer is asking for.
That's pretty much what I thought.
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