At 10:07 AM -0400 4/4/09, Dan wrote: >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.
Unless I have a SCSI card in my old Yikes! I don't have a way to do that. They came from Novell servers anyway so I suspect that few would even be able to read any data that may be left. Thanks! Diane --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
