Run 'em over in a circular motion on a big speaker magnet. On Oct 5, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Tyrone L. Warbasse wrote:
> RadioShack might still sell degaussing "guns", where it sends out a pulsing > electro-magnetic waves and ensures quality destruction of data, or just throw > the disks in a fire (please, don't, not very good for the Earth). > > At the TV station I worked at, we wiped all data with the degaussing "guns" > 'til those wore out. Works on all videotapes, soundtracks on certain types of > film, audiotapes, older memory cards (MicroDrives, MMCs), etc. > > You can also leave the disks in pure sunlight (at least 8 hrs.), microwave > 'em, throw 'em into bleach, put them into a bag and put 'em into a washer > then a dryer, etc. > > Best bet is to degaussing 'em, then sell 'em in lots on eBay, Amazon, garage > sales, etc. > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:18 AM, Mac Daddy <[email protected]> wrote: > If you have a good magnet, it should erase your data. > > On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Al wrote: > > > I have a ton of floppies, any suggestions on what to do with them? I > > do have some floppies for various programs, but does anyone want > > them? I also need to know how to erase them without a floppy > > drive!!! > > > > A > > > > -- > > ----- > > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > > group. > > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > > > -- > Tyrone L. Warbasse, > http://www.totallyparanoia.com/ > http://www.myspace.com/coffee4binky/ > > Twitter: coffee4binky > AOL/AIM: detectiveragga > Yahoo! Chat: thematrixreformatted > YouTube: coffee4binky > Also, visit my Forum! > > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
