You and your magnets!! I would not dare to go near anything with a magnet. I am still trying to figure out what it means when I use "trash" compared to "secure trash" and which one I should use to get rid of something. I also am eager to know , Bill, what this security signed ? means in your last e-mail. Marta On Jul 6, 2004, at 10:59, Bill Rising wrote:
> 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 | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 27. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
