We had a magnetizer thing that when the drive was demagnetized the drive would no longer work when we got done, just heard clicks of the motor trying to turn that platter. No was was able to make them work before they went to recycling.. Software was run first that low levels the drive with 0's and 1's and then demagnetized..
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Munn [mailto:cfmuns...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 5:09 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Destroying evidence - harddrives On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:09 AM, Andrew wrote: > > The RCMP says any drives destroyed this way should be run through > commercial equipment that chops the devices into pieces no bigger than the > width of a pencil. > > http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Canada/2009/04/27/9257856-sun.html > I have a buddy that did some government work where they required that the drive platter be reduced to dust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:296275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
