On Apr 4, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Kyle Hansen wrote:
> But most people do not have the skills
> to recover the data after a simple single pass, so go ahead and
> write 0's to
> it once and sell it.
My understanding of the issue is that she doesn't have a SCSI machine
(or a SCSI card in a modern Mac) to do this.
Recall that the first time someone suggested she zero the drive,
Diane replied:
On Apr 4, 2009, at 9:40 AM, diane wrote:
>
> Unless I have a SCSI card in my old Yikes! I don't have a way to do
> that.
>
I've heard two opposing takes on whether using a magnet is effective
and/or safe.
Anyone know for sure?
I do know that magnets have very different properties. Those thin
refrigerator magnets are done in layers and designed to be pretty
strong but only very close to their surface. I expect you need a
magnet that's strong enough at the appropriate distance to affect the
actual disks of magnetic media inside the drive case. I have no idea
if a magnet you might have around the house is capable of this, and
if so, if it indeed would make the drive unusable.
Joe
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