How to erase Linux?

[Darryl LeCount]

On Wed, 2007-03-07 at 16:24 -0500, Eric Krause wrote:
> Belt and palm sanders work also. Much cheaper, but a lot less high
> tech.
> 
> Carsten Aulbert wrote: 
> > Anton Hofmann wrote:
> >   
> > > This harddisc-oven looks more like a fake, theres a big mark on it 
> > > "Pizza Profi", so i think its a normal pizza-oven.
> > >     
> > 
> > Even so, as long as you heat the disk well above its Curie-temperature
> > (and apply a strong magnetic field to the box while cooling down) data
> > should be lost forever. Not even an AFM or similar device may have a
> > chance then.
> > 
> > By the way, does anyone know how long it would take to scan a full
> > platter by AFM? I guess SEM would be mcuh faster but still would take a
> > long time.
> > 
> > Carsten
> > 
> >   

Goodness me. The guy just wanted to wipe his hard drive so he could sell
on the computer, not escape the NSA!

-- 
Darryl LeCount
www.jamyskis.net
darryl at jamyskis.net
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