But time consuming. I like the powerful permanent magnet idea.
________________________________ From: Eric Shubert <e...@shubes.net> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Sent: Mon, February 15, 2010 5:59:31 PM Subject: Re: degausser Craig White wrote: > On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 17:47 -0700, Trent Shipley wrote: >> My Mom wants to decommission all her old floppies. >> >> Is the tool you would use to do that called a "degausser"? Fry's said >> they didn't have a thingy to scramble the magnetic domains on floppies >> or tapes. > ---- > a wipe with a very powerful magnet should be all that is needed for the > task > > Craig Or you could run the shred program against them. How sensitive is the data on them though, really? Doing a full format on them might be sufficient. -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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