"Dennis Lee Bieber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > My previous facility didn't even accept mil-spec wipes -- all > disk drives leaving the facility had to go through a demagnitizer,
OT but I am curious: does a metallic case act as a metallic shield, so that the case needs to be opened to do this? (Conversely, is a magnet near a disk drive a danger to it?) > wiped everything, including control tracks, and played <bleep> with the > R/W head and positioning magnets. I take this to mean the the drive is non-functional and might have well been melted, except that demagnetising is cheaper. TJR -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
