In article <C4B6591C.CEB9%ghost_topper@hotmail.com>, George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/30/08 5:12 PM, in article > noemailhere-F9BBB5.17123730072008@news.mts.net, "The NewGuy" > <noemailhere@please.comm> wrote: > > > When you zero out the data it can take quite a while. Several passes > > takes hours for most hard drives. I was wondering if it helps the > > security aspect to change the partitioning scheme in Disk Utility. One > > could partition in Guid then Apple Partition Map then MBR in less than a > > minute. But does it make any difference in the ability for others to > > extract data off the hard drive? If not, is there another way of > > quickly making a hard drive difficult to read without zeroing out data? > > Sledge hammer?
A set of Torx drivers and some sand paper will do just fine.
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