Terry Reedy wrote: > "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?)
Absolutely. Small HDD's (like laptops) are especially vulnerable to magnetic force. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
