hi,
i have seen some of the larger corps actually grind them to a powder form
then super magentize it basically..
Best Regards,
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On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Ron DuFresne wrote:
> I'd always heard the US Federal spec for declassifying a drive required it
> be destroyed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron DuFresne
>
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000, Gregory Hicks wrote:
>
> > If I remember correctly, the magic number of over-writes is 6. Less
> > than this many overwrites leaves the data subject to recovery.
> >
> > I haven't done it (I don't have the equipment), but the US Federal spec
> > for declassifying a drive requires you to do this number of random
> > writes before you can say that the drive is 'declassified'... Of
> > course, if you are truly trying to declassify a drive, the best way is
> > with a 16# sledge...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gregory Hicks
> >
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