On 11/19/02 3:54 PM, "Bruce Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spew into the Cybertrough:
> Obi-Wan wrote: >> All I am saying is that there is no real safe >> way to be sure that your data is 100% unrecoverable, which is what the >> person was asking. That's all. > > Well, there is, but you'll lose out on the trade-in value: an industrial > shredder will pretty well take care of any data recovery issues you > might have. > > This is, in fact, the preferred way of some corporations to 'surplus' > old HDD's. That's why my ex-Motorola 7600 came with no hard drive in it... > > Then if you want to be showy about it, about a half-pound of thermite > will do it, too. ;-) This is VERY true. In fact Lawrence Livermore Labs does shred/compact their drives after they are done, but that is only for internal computers drives, and this guy hired me to work on his home network. Thermite is also a fine (a bit gaudy though) method. ;-) I think the original poster wanted to send their drive back on an RMA though. He he. -- ============================================================== Kyle H. Hansen Apple Certified Technician Apple Solution Expert Macintosh Server Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] ============================================================== -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
