Lee, Thanks, glad to know this but I thought Bill was wanting to get rid of the drive for it was bad, possibly he could use the magnet and the sledgehammer.
We all learn so much from those that are so educated in ways we can only dream. John R. On Jul 8, 2004, at 9:06 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > If the magnet actually erased the platter -- and I'm skeptical that it > could, through the metal case -- the drive would need a low-level > format. You might as well erase it with a sledgehammer. | 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>
