wipe /dev/sda

Kenneth Loafman kenneth at loafman.com
Tue Jul 14 19:36:05 UTC 2009


Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> Joep:
> 
>> The best way is to use a reasonably strong electromagnet and sweep it 
>> over the disk. In the old days we did it to wipe magnetic 
>> tapes.
> 
> Would that work for hard drives? 

It has to be fairly strong, but yes.  An old TV degausser will also
work, if you can find one.

...Ken




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