diane 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? > > Thanks, > > Diane >
There really is no quick and easy way that I know of. It kind of depends on what kind of data was on the hard drives as to what level of "erase" you need. The best way is to use an application that writes either all zeros or random data over the drive. Disk Utility in OS X will do this, but if you are talking SCSI you're probably not working with OS X. A big magnet simply doesn't work. Years ago I had a friend that put an old hard drive on a bulk tape eraser at the radio station. This thing would erase a whole tape reel with one zap. Didn't do a thing to the hard drive. Everything was still readable. Hope this helps, Stephen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
