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the first thing I noticed is that the hard drive in the picture has the
cover removed.
removing the cover of a drive invalidates the warranty, there are a
number of stickers on most drives that warn you of that.
his claims are that before you dispose of the media, you can make sure
that all data has been cleared.
besides you gotta love that "rare-earth-magnet technology"!
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Subject: Erasing hard drives - Erase-O-Matic?
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?
Thanks.
http://erase-o-matic.com/
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