Re: Wiping a disk clean

[Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen)]

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In article <a9tpcd.pl.ln@hunter.axlog.fr>, Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr> writes:
> Dennis Lee Bieber a �crit :
> 
>> 	I spent 20 years on a program where the only allowed means of
>> removing a disk drive was to run it into a heavy demagnetizer... And I
>> mean HEAVY -- it not only wiped the platter of magnetic traces, but also
>> wiped the motor magnets and the head positioning magnets. IOW: no more
>> drive (well, the drive controller card might be salvageble).
>> 
> 
> If you need *that* level of security, I would say nothing beats putting 
> the drive under a road roller...

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