On Jul 5, 2004, at 11:39, John Robinson wrote:

> I agree with Harry, why not use a large magnet?  I purchased one from 
> Radio Shack several years ago, very large thing, plugs in and about 
> the size of an iron.  I have not tried it with a hard drive, but boy 
> it will wipe out about everything else for sure, does a great job.
>

Well - I guess a magnet could certainly scramble the file system for 
the casual user. Someone sophisticated could pull more off. I wonder if 
a magnet would scramble all the top-secret information which points 
towards ... oops. ;<)


Bill
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