At 7:45 AM -0400 4/4/2009, diane wrote: >At 11:41 PM -0400 4/3/09, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >>On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:54 PM, diane >><<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> >>wrote: >>I have a number of SCSI drives from Compaq servers ranging in size >>from 4.3 - 18.2 gb. I'm putting most of them up for sale and would >>like a quick and easy way to scramble whatever data may be on them. >>Will a magnet work OK and how heavy a magnet should it be? >> >>Please, Please NOOOOO! >> >>You would make them unusable. > >Really? That's the first time I heard that. I'd guess with a strong >enough magnet, anything is possible.
No. SCSI drives can be low-level formatted. So this is not a problem. Of greater concern is the IQ and skills of the person buying the drive - they'll hit you back complaining the drive doesn't work and want to return it. To avoid that hassle, it would be easier to just zero and re-initialize them. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
