Re: Erasing hard drives - Erase-O-Matic?

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:13:04 -0400 (EDT) 
"John Abreau" <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> I have a Seagate 750gb hard drive that's died, and that I'm preparing 
> to return for warranty replacement. 
> 
> I tried to use DBAN to erase the drive, but it's unable to detect the 
> drive at all, never mind wipe its data. I did a google search for 
> hard drive degaussers, and found a lot of options that would cost 
> between $2,000 and $40,000. 
> 
> Then I ran across "Erase-O-Matic" for $199, which claims to wipe 
> hard drives. It strikes me as too good to be true, which makes me 
> wonder if it's some sort of scam. So far I haven't found any data 
> to help me figure out whether it's legitimate. 
> 
> Has anyone here used this device, and can say how well it works?