Sam Clemens wrote:
Rikard Johnels wrote:
On Wednesday 26 March 2008 14:16, Jim Staunton wrote:
Hans defaber wrote:
What is the best (easiest) way to overwrite old harddisks with random garbage ? Have a look at shred - 'man shred' will explain how to use it...
Jim
If you are to toss the drive: Use a 10 mm drill . Just make a couple of holes thru the whole case and you are done. Fast, secure and cheep...
I've done that procedure at work where a bank left some workstations to be disposed of. A nice 10 mm drill, redecorate the case to resemble a swiss cheese.. and presto! Nothing is getting of THAT drive in a hurry...
If the information is extremely secret, be sure to mutilate the surfaces of the disks. Otherwise, I can just take the platters to the drive's manufacturer, and have them put in side a case of another identical drive.
5 pound sledge hammer is also a useful device. Bonus: no electricity.
Or, if you really want to make sure no one can read the data, use the drive in a Windows Home Server for a while. ;-) http://www.networkingforpros.com/50226711/microsoft_home_server_bug_could_co... -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org