At 20:29 2/05/02, Orlando J. Cano wrote: >I was wondering if anybody from this forum has had any experience with >these high energy degaussers. >I recently used this degaussers on Data Cartridges (DDS), PC & Servers >hard drives but I want to be sure all data has been erased and that is not >recoverable. > >Any comment would be very much appreciated. > >Thanks > >Orlando Cano >Enterprise Security Analyst
I don't know what everyone else thinks, but IMHO I wouldn't trust just a degausser. If ensuring that the data is completely irrecoverable is very important to you, the only sure way is to physically destroy the drive. I've heard that the US military uses a combination of grinders and acid baths to accomplish this. Even burning the drive may not be sufficient, since it is possible to recover data even after a 1700 degree fire (see http://www.drivesavers.com/museum/museuma.html ). A degausser would probably render data 99.9% unrecoverable, but if you want to be absolutely sure, destroy the media. Just my $0.02. ;) Peter Kristolaitis
