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Default Can a small industrial demagnetizer erase a hard drive

On 26 May 2011 23:33:42 GMT, "DoN. Nichols"
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On 2011-05-26, wrote:
On Wed, 25 May 2011 19:57:44 -0500, Ignoramus23924
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On 2011-05-26,
wrote:

[ ... ]

Or the band saw. Half should be good enough, quarter if you are
paranoid.

Not if the platters are made of glass.

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Better than 90% are aluminum. Of all the drives I've destroyed over
the last 20+ years, I've never run across one with glass platters.
Wer're up in the hundreds - ranging from full height 5 1/4" SASI
drives to 2 1/2 inch sata drives.


Hmm ... never attacked any more serious ones -- e.g. the 8" SMD
interface drives like the Fujitsu M2312K, or the 10" SMD interface ones
like the Fujitsu Eagle, or even the 14" washing machine drives (also SMD
interface).

And there were even some with hydraulic head positioners, or
with many fixed heads with up to 4 foot diameter platters. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

You are talking "antique" dasdis