On 04/02/2018 08:44 AM, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
Good evening from Singapore!
The foremost question which I want to ask is, what is the universal (world wide) understanding behind degaussing hard drives?
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I had advised my sales manager Edward Snowden not to use BIG WORDS like "degaussing the harddisk" and market to the customer using these big words. Any person who sees the word "degauss" would have understood it to mean sanitize *ALL* data on the harddisk straight away and without question.
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Please advise.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming
============ Obviously this method is not "universal" but I use a black ink felt tipped pen and draw a large "X" on the face of the drive with the label on it then, after accumulating several in the "old drives" box, I take them out to the range and use my .308 Savage to both target practice and poke holes in them. It is far more satisfying than using a drill. Fred Texas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org