Re: Fastest secure erasing of HD's?

In article <kW8kk.466$Ht4.2@trnddc01>,
Wes Groleau <groleau+news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jolly Roger wrote:
The NewGuy <noemailhere@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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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