On 11/18/02 8:10 PM, "Geoffrey Loeffler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have to send my 40 GNX back to trans intl, very loud and clicking > sounds coming out of it right from the start and continued for last 30 > days. I need to wipe this drive clean, really clean. How clean is that? In other words, do you have data on it so sensitive that there would be serious damage to yourself or others (you define what that means) if the drive were to fall into "the wrong hands"? > Will apples disk > utility on 10.2 wipe it so no info will be able to be recovered or > seen. No. If someone *really* wants to get at your data, they can. Of course, that "someone" would have to be a *very* serious hacker or the NSA/FBI/CIA. They can get data off almost any drive. As a matter of fact, there are several companies, Drivesavers being one of them, that pride themselves on being able to recover data from drives that have had all manner of damage, intentional or not, done to them. Shawn King On this week's YML: We're in Las Vegas Covering Comdex! http://www.yourmaclife.com -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
