Nikola, et al -- ...and then Nikola Janceski said... % % Not to fuel the fire. (well I am).
*grin* % % Don't hard drives read data by reading the changes of polarity on the disk % over a distance? Basically. % If so wouldn't replacing the "data" with some other "junk data" of equal % size in the same location as "data" cause the "data" to be unrecoverable, Theoretically and practically, but not completely for either. % (for assurance purposes considering that sometimes magnetic polarity is % residual and can remain faintly, multiple random writes in the "data" area % would minimize any residual polarity arrangement from the original "data"), % from the hard drive? [Assuming no backups and within a chicken wired % enclosed container to block radio transmissions of any kind]. I don't have the references, but you should be able to find some useful info with google; it's not classified (but including military or defense in your search may help turn up some good terms). Even though the sector gets rewritten so that the head sees the new data, way way way down at the molecular level (or perhaps even higher) there are still trace alignments that point to past data. % % [that was a long sentence] try ignoring the (garbage). Actually, it wasn't so bad! % % Then remains only the physical memory, which a reboot should wipe clean % anyway since RAM doesn't keep it's state after power down. Or am I wrong? I think you might be wrong there, too. Same theory, and especially if they're plunged to ultra-cold to slow things down (my own pet theory; I dunno if anyone is doing that). % % But if you're really a freak, join drieux in making "HD chips" in his FM-10. *grin* HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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