From: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Subject: Re: Wiping a disk clean
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 22:46:19 GMT
Date: 2005-08-03T22:46:19+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <lnacjyabb9.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 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...
Since disk platters are quite flat to begin with, I can imagine that a
lot of information could still be recovered (unless the road roller is
heavily magnetized, of course).
--
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> <http://users.sdsc.edu/~kst>
We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-03 22:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-02 23:11 Wiping a disk clean Larry Hazel
2005-08-03 3:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-08-03 4:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
[not found] ` <hck0f15qufvpr720etmjiu1on68n3o5968@4ax.com>
2005-08-03 7:09 ` Keith Thompson
2005-08-03 13:02 ` Marc A. Criley
2005-08-04 11:33 ` Bobby D. Bryant
[not found] ` <opo1f15gk1adu8eb9o43n3sdpkit7uajji@4ax.com>
2005-08-03 22:45 ` Keith Thompson
[not found] ` <v5c3f1h43qrqekr6abs00jn45nn5ncboa0@4ax.com>
2005-08-04 13:01 ` Marc A. Criley
2005-08-03 7:55 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2005-08-03 10:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-08-03 22:46 ` Keith Thompson [this message]
2005-08-04 6:03 ` Florian Weimer
2005-08-04 11:32 ` Bobby D. Bryant
replies disabled
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox